A U.S.-based research team has documented a rare glimpse of Bigg's killer whales engaging in some unusual behaviour, ...

Red-throated loons — a type of water bird that ancient Gaels relied on to predict the weather — are so avoidant of offshore wind turbines in the North Sea that their numbers declined significantly in ...

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You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. November. While October is a transitional month, November is when the change ...

MUCH opportunity for watching ocean life under the widely varying conditions and relationships of the water and air is afforded by the research vessel Atlantis, which spends a large part of the year ...

The toxic algae bloom spreading domoic acid across the Southern California coast has not only poisoned sea lions but also the birds flying above the waters. Two pelicans stranded in Dana Point and ...

A study reveals alarming plastic ingestion rates in marine turtles, seabirds, and mammals, highlighting urgent pollution ...

One of the world’s most famous birds has returned to her nesting site. Wisdom, the 75-year-old albatross is known as the ...

Huge die-offs of elephant seals occurred after the virus gained nearly 20 troublesome new mutations, scientists found. By Apoorva Mandavilli Elephant seals in South America died in massive numbers ...

For several years, conservationists have been puzzled by thousands of brightly colored rubber bands showing up on an uninhabited island off the UK’s southwestern tip. Their new theory is that sea ...