Researchers have dated volcanic layers at six fossil-bearing sites in Turkey, including one known as Taşhan (shown). The ...

It's time for another edition of the viral March Mammal Madness, which pits 64 animals against each other in hypothetical ...

A photograph of a seal's flipper taken on a Norfolk beach has won a national photography competition. The image, titled Study of a Seal's Flipper, was taken by Paul Alistair Collins and won first ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance for local students interested in marine sciences coming up, and the date to apply is approaching soon. The University of Hawaii’s Summer Marine ...

Dolphins, sea lions and seabirds are being found sick along beaches throughout Southern California, poisoned by an ...

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch ...

A Harp seal who was recovering nicely at a NJ marine mammal stranding center after being rescued from a beach, has suddenly died.

Marine biologists say sea life off the SoCal coast is in danger of being wiped out, and they say more frequent toxic algae ...

Of the 407 animals the Marine Mammal Center responded to in 2024, 20% had been disturbed by people or dogs before being ...

For diving mammals, avoiding drowning is critical to survival. Even though diving mammals have adaptations to store ...

The scientific breakthrough, announced on this day in 1997, proved that geneticists could clone an adult mammal, giving rise to a new era of ethical debate and experimentation ...