Antarctica's remote South Georgia Island boasts 90 percent of the world's fur seals, half of the world's elephant seals, is navigated by vast populations of blue whales, sperm whales and killer whales, and has beaches that ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 08, 2011 not rated yet 0

Whales are the earth's largest creatures, yet they are incredibly hard to study in the open ocean. For decades scientists have used boats, aircraft and even high cliffs to conduct visual surveys and gather ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 07, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Dolphins and porpoises use echolocation for hunting and orientation. By sending out high-frequency sound, known as ultrasound, dolphins can use the echoes to determine what type of object the sound beam has ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 07, 2011 5 / 5 (3) 11

The first comprehensive study of sea creatures around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia reveals a region that is richer in biodiversity than even many tropical sites, such as the Galapagos Islands. The study provides ...

Biology - Ecology

May 25, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A study of tissue samples from 161 marine mammals that died between 2004 and 2009 in the Pacific Northwest reveals an association between severe illness and co-infection with two kinds of parasites normally ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 24, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Marine species facing threats from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico far exceed those under legal protection in the United States, a new paper in the journal BioScience finds. Univer ...

Biology - Ecology

May 11, 2011 not rated yet 1

(AP) -- Rescuers workers treated and secured several pilot whales Friday that have been stranded off the lower Florida Keys.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 07, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP) -- Harp seals from Canada are showing up in U.S. waters in greater numbers and farther south than usual, and biologists want to know why.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A paleontologist suspects foul play in the death of two seals found along the shoreline in Santa Cruz County.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 16, 2011 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

In the first census of its kind, research led by UC Davis and Stanford University found that there are far fewer white sharks off central California than biologists had thought.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 09, 2011 3 / 5 (1) 0

Baby dolphins are washing up dead along the oil-soaked US Gulf Coast at more than 10 times the normal rate in the first birthing season since the BP disaster, researchers said.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 23, 2011 3 / 5 (3) 1

Catalan researchers have studied the marine trophic network in Mauritania, on the north west coast of Africa, which is an extremely heavily exploited fishing area, as well as being home to two of the world's ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 21, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Sharks may be unable to distinguish between colours, according to a lab study published on Tuesday that could benefit swimmers, surfers and sharks themselves.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 18, 2011 4 / 5 (2) 2

(AP) -- The weak and woozy California sea lion found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach in December with buckshot embedded in its skull has become an all-too-common sight for wildlife officials.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Without maps or GPS, great white sharks travel thousand of miles roundtrip from California to Hawaii or Australia to South Africa. Sea turtles hatched on the beaches of Florida travel the currents of the North Atlantic Gyre ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 28, 2010 3.6 / 5 (9) 1