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Conservation groups are praising a recent decision to reinstate protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales in a ...

On Jan. 3, a swell shark egg hatched at Shreveport Aquarium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The egg was discovered by aquarium ...

Ray Bandar's "Bone Palace" spanned thousands of skulls he stashed in the basement of his Miraloma Park home. The collection ...

Americans in general are great volunteers, with at least 30 percent regularly donating their time to myriad organizations ...

The Gulfarium on Okaloosa Island has transformed a former dolphin habitat into Manatee Cove, marking the Florida Panhandle's ...

A show performer dressed as a mermaid learned the hard way recently that sharing an aquarium tank with enormous sturgeon is not safe. The accompanying footage, captured in China, shows the mermaid per ...

The South Carolina Aquarium will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for a day dedicated to staff training and team building, ...

Dolphins CEO says the club is not interested in chasing Eels star Dylan Brown on big money. The skeleton of a 12-metre-high, ...

Thousands of Risso dolphins were seen gliding through the Monterey Bay on Friday, forming what is known as a “Super Pod.” “It ...

A small shark swimming around a Louisiana aquarium holds a mystery in its DNA. Yoko the swell shark hatched from an egg that was discovered in a puzzling place — an all-female tank, the Shreveport ...

If you have spent any significant amount of time out on the ocean traveling in areas where dolphins live, you have likely ...