Although homosexual behavior is common in dolphins, the marine mammal isn’t necessarily a symbol of queerness.

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The ocean depths harbor some of Earth’s most intelligent creatures, many with communication abilities that mirror our own in surprising ways. Marine mammals, having evolved in environments where sound ...

Call the Marine Mammal Center’s hotline at 415-289-SEAL (7325). Our experts will monitor the animal and, if necessary, send trained responders to rescue it safely.

The Marine Mammal Care Center, based in San Pedro, has been asking all coastal LA County cities, as well as the county itself, for help to care for continued influxes of sick and injured sea mammals.

Marine life experts are concerned about a severe algae bloom that has left thousands of marine mammals, including sea lions, dolphins and whales, sick or dead along the Southern California coast ...

A toxic algal bloom leaving an increasing number of marine mammals stranded along Southern California beaches shows no signs of subsiding and “will only get worse,” officials said Monday ...

Last year was a busy year for The Marine Mammal Center, responding to more than 900 marine mammals between San Luis Obispo and Mendocino counties. “In a way we responded to more marine mammals ...

As a result, it had been lost across all three marine lineages—yet was still completely preserved among terrestrial mammals. Of all the genes the team identified, only PON1 had that pattern.

The National Marine Mammal Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a mission to improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education.

For example, “there must be marine mammal observers on board, and if a whale is sighted anywhere near the construction site…they are required to take mitigating action,” he said.