This grey-black to blackish-brown shrew with a pointed, down-drooping nose averages 147-157 mm (5.8-6.2 in) in length, and is the longest of the Adirondack shrews. It weighs 10-17 g (0.35-0.60 oz), ...

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) skeleton at the UC Santa Cruz Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Photo by William Gearty. It’s summertime and you’re sweating from the heat and humidity. You jump in ...

Earth's waters host diverse mammals like dolphins, whales, and manatees. These creatures possess unique adaptations for swimming and survival. They are crucial for maintaining healthy marine and river ...

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink? In one of the more vexing ironies about human life on Earth, we rely on water for life, yet 96.5 percent of all Earth's water is sea water, which we ...

WHALES are fashionable at present, both among scientific men and the public, on account of their supposed forthcoming extinction by large steam whalers working upon the high seas away from all ...

A new tool to help conserve one of the UK's most threatened mammals has been released today, with the publication of the first high-quality reference genome for the European water vole. A new tool to ...

LAGUNA BEACH — Since March 5, rescue teams from the Pacific Marine Mammal Center have collected 16 elephant seals stranded along the Orange County coast. It’s a spike that could suggest an even busier ...

No one is certain why marine mammals like whales, sea cows and leopard seals are so big. To date, the best guess is that without the great tug of gravity, marine mammals could simply swell up to ...

In times of exacerbating biodiversity loss, reliable data on species occurrence are essential. Environmental DNA (eDNA) - DNA released from organisms into the water - is increasingly used to detect ...