With protection, many of California’s marine mammals — including whales, sea lions and seals — have made remarkable recoveries over the last half-century since bipartisan passage of the U.S. Marine ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 400 marine mammals have been reported stranded or sickened along California’s Central Coast since June.

More than a dozen mammal species shimmer and glint purple and green, like precious opals. Their fur is iridescent, meaning its colour appears to change depending on the animal’s orientation relative ...

It’s widely agreed that the United States has the most aggressive and successful regulations in place to conserve marine mammals. The majority of those are the result of the 53-year-old Marine Mammal ...

Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths to which some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar—a ...

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it was a messy saga full of unexpected detours. Using new bone-mapping tech, ...

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It's finally that time of year again. Bracket-filling, matchup predicting and madness in the month of March. Of course, I'm not talking about the college basketball postseason. It's time for March ...

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Researchers reveal new insights into the complex evolutionary history behind the distinctive upright posture of modern placental and marsupial mammals, showing the transition was surprisingly complex ...

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period. By Jack Tamisiea Small mammals often live fast and die young. Rodents and ...