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East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

The Marine Mammal Center may have found a new home. For more than 20 years, the nonprofit organization has rehabilitated sick ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

Learn how the harbor seal became Rhode Island’s state animal and what this whiskered swimmer says about the Ocean State.

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After more than four decades, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to its seal and sea lions.

Sea lions rest in a pen while being treated for domoic acid poisoning at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. Giancarlo Rulli The Marine Mammal Center For the third consecutive summer at The Marine ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...