World Dolphin Day reveals dolphin intelligence while exposing threats from toxins, plastics, mercury, and climate change.

According to a study in the Harmful Algae journal, scientists found that harmful algal blooms have a connection between the ...

Toxic algae killed hundreds of marine mammals near L.A. in the last year. Scientists suspected January wildfire runoff may be ...

Woods Hole, Mass. (July 9, 2025) -- Rising toxins found in bowhead whales, harvested for subsistence purposes by Alaska Native communities, reveal that ocean warming is causing higher concentrations ...

Things are looking up for coastal gulls recently hit by an unusual surge of illness and death — but the seabirds aren’t out ...

One of North Carolina's most popular beach destinations is telling people to avoid the ocean, due to a foul smelling "brown ...

The County of Los Angeles Public Health Department closed a stretch of ocean water following concerns of fire debris runoff that can be toxic or contain carcinogenic chemicals. The recent rainfall and ...

Probiotics can help boost your immune system, improve your gut health, and now … help you defend against microplastics.

If you were to hear that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans (by weight) than there will be fish, would you be alarmed? I definitely was alarmed when I read a white paper about the ...