More than 500 penguins have been found dead on beaches of Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state, authorities said Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 13, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

Like whales, sea lions are contributing to marine ecosystems in the most fundamental way possible, research by a Flinders graduate has found.

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Military patrol dogs with your keen sense of smell, step aside. The U.S. Navy has enlisted the biological sonar and other abilities of bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to protect harbors from enemy swimmers, detect ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 09, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) -- NOAA scientists and their colleagues have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of domoic acid, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 03, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

A team of ornithologists were investigating the mysterious death of nearly 600 sea birds found on the beaches of northern Peru, government officials said.

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP) -- A Washington state wildlife spokesman says two salmon-eating California sea lions have been captured this week at Bonneville Dam and killed by lethal injection.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

For all their sharp teeth, many meat-eating mammals lack a sweet tooth, a genetic analysis of a dozen species has shown.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 26, 2012 3.8 / 5 (5) 0

Scientists from the Monell Center report that seven of 12 related mammalian species have lost the sense of sweet taste. As each of the sweet-blind species eats only meat, the findings demonstrate that a liking ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 12, 2012 4.4 / 5 (5) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parasites and pathogens infecting humans, pets and farm animals are increasingly being detected in marine mammals such as sea otters, porpoises, harbour seals and killer whales along the Pacific ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 02, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new study suggests that the impact of predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska has been significantly underestimated, creating a "productivity pit" from which their population will have ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 18, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

Scientists have discovered that female Antarctic fur seals have an uncanny ability to return to within a body length of where they were born when it's time to breed.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 28, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A science consortium has agreed to a civil penalty of $9,000 for intruding into Alaska waters that were declared off-limits to protect endangered Steller sea lions.

Other Sciences - Other

Sep 14, 2011 not rated yet 1

(AP) -- As long as American Indians have lived in the Pacific Northwest, they have looked to a jawless, eel-like fish for food.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Marine researchers in New Zealand have identified the direct impact of fishing as the largest known human factor in the decline of the endangered native sea lion population. The team's findings, published in Mammal Review, discou ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 02, 2011 not rated yet 1 |