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West coast transient (mammal-eating) killer whales (Orcinus orca rectipinnus) inhabit the California Current off the west coast of North America from southern British Columbia, Canada to southern Cali...

White sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), have only one known natural predator in the ocean, the orca or killer whale (Orcinus orca). While interactions between...

Researchers have uncovered dozens of long-misidentified coelacanth fossils in British museums, some overlooked for more than a century. The study reveals that these ancient “living fossils” thrived in tropical seas during the Triassic Period, around 200 million years ago. By re-examining mislabeled bones and using X-ray scans, scientists discovered a once-flourishing community of coelacanths that hunted smaller marine reptiles.

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com New fishing reporting requirements are just a month away — beginning Dec. 1 — and North Carolina’s two fisheries management agencies continue efforts to get the word out, […]

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Russia’s arrest of a Ukrainian scientist this week over his support for curbs on krill fishing have thrown the vital role of the tiny marine species into the spotlight

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Bipartisan legislation would ban the practice of feeding sharks off Florida’s coast, which supporters say will keep people safer and reduce conflict with recreational anglers. But the scientific evide...

Deep-sea mining is moving closer to reality, but new research shows it could push already-threatened sharks, rays, and chimeras even closer to extinction.

On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, gray wolves are doing something unexpected: hunting sea otters. This surprising dietary shift appears to have notable implications for both ecosystems and wolf healt...

The Interior Department defunds two vital research programs that track North Atlantic right whales near active offshore wind construction sites.