Marine mammals exhibit a suite of physiological adaptations that enable prolonged breath-holding and efficient underwater activity. Their respiratory systems are uniquely modified to withstand extreme ...

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Whales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are turning into superhighways for lethal infections. As scientists map how ...

Luciana Gallo of BIOMAR-CONICET and Marcela Uhart of UC Davis sample for highly pathogenic H5N1 among cormorants (by shore) and terns (in greenery) at Punta Leon in Argentina in November 2023. The ...

Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a fellow diver, nibbling on his flippers. The diver, a graduate student, was using sponges to collect ...

In his new book of poems, Seabeast, Rajiv Mohabir, imagines the lives of whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Mohabir’s poems plumb and reimagine the history of human interaction with these aquatic ...