Sperm whales are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. With fewer than 2,500 ...

These intelligent marine mammals have mastered the use of tools, such as rocks, to crack open shellfish. Uniquely, they are the only marine animals that catch fish using their forepaws rather than ...

FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...

Only found in the Gulf of California, the marine mammal is one of the most endangered ... The vaquita was put on the Mexican Endangered Species List in 1976 and the US Endangered Species List ...

There are only five known monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, according to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. These are the duck-billed platypus and four species of echidna.

The Ocean Genome Legacy Center and Seacoast Science Center join forces to unlock the secrets of marine mammal DNA and advance ...

Life on Earth is incredibly diverse, with more than 1.2 million living animal species thriving even in the harshest environments, and another 7.5 million yet to be discovered. But despite being ...