Marine mammals exhibit a suite of physiological adaptations that enable prolonged breath-holding and efficient underwater activity. Their respiratory systems are uniquely modified to withstand extreme ...

SAN DIEGO – In 1959, the Navy stood up its Marine Mammal program here. With one dolphin, researchers set out to study how fast the creatures could swim, in an effort to improve ship and torpedo ...

Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests ...

Two Drexel University mechanical engineers have received a grant from the Office of Naval Research to help develop advanced underwater robots inspired by marine mammals. The project, led by Professor ...

A common bottlenose dolphin at Planète Sauvage, France. Study authors examined 200 years' worth of data on four marine mammal species including bottlenose dolphins. A new study provides compelling ...

The Marine Mammal Care Center (MMCC) will livestream its first marine mammal release of the year, returning two rehabilitated California sea lion pups to the wild after months of care next Wednesday, ...

The report shows improvement related to deaths but continued hearing loss and other injuries from some exercises.

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Juvenile seals and sea lions have no trouble making themselves heard. But deciphering the traumatic events that landed them at the Marine Mammal Center Hospital in Sausalito ...

A new report sheds light on how Russia is using dolphins and other marine mammals for its military needs, using and recruiting the aquatic animals to stand guard at its naval bases. These so-called ...

On a Venice beach, marine mammal care expert Debbie Kinney placed orange cones on the sand, trying to keep people away from the writhing sea lion just a few yards away. The sea lion is just one of ...