An international team of biologists, led by Wageningen University & Research, has demonstrated that predators have a direct ...

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The latest addition is the Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name ...

Researchers bring a SETI approach to the question of what—if anything—humpbacks’ underwater smoke rings might be trying to ...

Despite not having bones, sharks can grow pretty large. There’s the aforementioned whale shark, roughly the size of a bowling ...

Right now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has active UMEs for the Atlantic Florida manatee, the Atlantic humpback whale, the Atlantic minke whale and the North Atlantic ...

Lobster fishermen in northern Cape Breton got an up-close glimpse of ... It was pretty spectacular." Lamey said he knew right away they were killer whales by their distinctive black-and-white ...

Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks Canada are searching the St. Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear. The Fisheries and Oceans ...

Researchers are hoping a technique that identifies zooplankton from space will eventually help them track the movement of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine.

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A North Atlantic right whale dives in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts, Monday, March 27, 2023. Robert F. Bukaty The Associated Press files Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks ...