Marine mammal news, features and articles
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Mystery mass death of seals on remote, uninhabited Siberian island under investigationCarcasses of seals, sea lions and birds were found on Tyuleniy Island in the Sea of Okhotsk by environmental groups who were there to clear up plastic pollution.
By Jacklin Kwan Published
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Tiny 'King Tut' whale 'lived fast and died fast' in ancient Egyptian watersPaleontologists in Egypt have described a new species of extinct whale that was dwarfed by other basilosaurids.
By Jennifer Nalewicki Published
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Baby Moby Dick? Rare white humpback whale calf filmed off AustraliaThe latest footage follows two other sightings of all-white, newborn humpback calves — but experts aren't convinced these whales are albino like the famous Migaloo.
By Emma Bryce Published
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What is the deepest-diving mammal?One marine mammal has been documented diving as deep as 9,816 feet — equivalent to the depth of over 30 Statues of Liberty stacked on top of one another.
By Ethan Freedman Published
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This colossal extinct whale was the heaviest animal to ever livePaleontologists in Peru have described an ancient species of whale that was way heavier than a blue whale.
By Jennifer Nalewicki Published
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Watch orca tear open whale shark and feast on its liver in extremely rare footageThe orca "slurped in the liver and then the whale shark just fell and descended down, with no movement," James Moskito of Ocean Safaris told Live Science.
By Hannah Osborne Published
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Dolphins terrorize and bite beachgoers in Japan — for the 2nd year in a rowFour separate incidents on a beach in Fukui prefecture on July 16 echo a string of attacks in the same region last year that may have been perpetrated by a single Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.
By Sascha Pare Published
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Dolphins and orcas have passed the evolutionary point of no return to live on land againScientists have discovered that once a mammal has become fully aquatic, it passes a threshold that makes a return to terrestrial landscapes almost impossible.
By Jacklin Kwan Published
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Fears that dead 60-foot-long whale in Ireland could explode sends experts scramblingExperts abandoned the autopsy of a dead fin whale after they heard bubbling noises from the creature's gut, indicating there was a chance it could explode if opened.
By Harry Baker Published
