New England Aquarium researchers recently documented what they say was a rare sighting of an endangered fin whale and its ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Elton was released at Coney Island after recovering from hypothermia, marking the Atlantic ...

Scientists have determined the cause of an epidemic that has devastated a species of starfish, wiping out billions over the ...

Elton, a Kemp's ridley sea turtle, was recovered from a beach in Massachusetts back in December, flown to West Hampton, and ...

Marine researchers have identified a new species of manta ray off the coast of Florida, marking only the third known manta ...

A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their ...

Steller sea lions are classified as "Endangered (EN A1b)" in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, indicating a high risk of near-future extinction, and listed in ...

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars in the past decade. After a four-year search, scientists have uncovered ...

Sea turtles were protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, and Mexico banned all captures of sea turtles in 1990.

First, Kate Laemmle saw a recognizable tall, thin blow erupt out of the glassy Atlantic Ocean on a July 24 aerial survey. To ...

“Prior to the Endangered Species Act, sea turtles were on the menu,” Godfrey said. This means that the current situation for turtles is not reflective of the work his conservancy and other ...

According to Mr. Culling, this was not the first time they decided to go out of their way to save an endangered species. They reported having saved at least 10 sea turtles on trips like this ...