Currently, the Marine Mammal Care Center is the only organization approved by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to rescue and rehabilitate marine mammals in Los Angeles County.

A dolphin that researchers named “Lucky” lived up to that monicker over the weekend when firefighters, marine biologists and ...

A female bottlenose dolphin is back in the May River after a coordinated rescue effort on July 12, led by the Lowcountry ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, or MMPA, is the U.S. federal law restricting human actions that affect marine mammals. The MMPA was signed into law in 1972 by President Richard Nixon, making it ...

The approximately 8-foot dolphin was believed to have swam into a shallow lagoon during last week’s heavy rainstorms, according to the Bluffton Township Fire District.

"Marine mammal disturbance along our vast 600-mile California response range is both a tourist and a local issue that we're dedicating more resources toward to help find solutions," said Adam ...

The Navy's Marine Mammal Program turns 65 this year. A trainer is shown here working with a bottlenose dolphin off San Diego in 2023. (Marine Corps) SAN DIEGO – In 1959, the Navy stood up its ...

The 1994 definition of harassment in the MMPA was very conservative, including “any activity that has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild” or “any activity that ...

A die-off last year at St. Paul Island, the first compelling case of fatal saxitoxin poisoning in marine mammals, comes as ...

Mexico recently made history by passing groundbreaking legislation that bans all marine mammal shows. On June 24 2025, the ...

How can animals that need to breathe air manage to sleep underwater? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If marine mammals want ...

Almost every state lists an official state mammal. For 13 states, it's the white-tailed deer. Here's a full list of the state animals across the U.S.