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Dozens of polar bears stranded outside Russian Arctic village because of melting ice

Utqiagvik celebrates first whale of season in November

How Did a Virus From the Atlantic Infect Mammals in the Pacific?

Utqiagvik whalers still hope to land a bowhead as season wanes

Dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Humpback whale spotted in River Thames found dead

Humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) Whale in the River Thames, off Rainham

Another pygmy killer whale stranding hits Sugar Beach

62 whales die on Northeast beach

Scientists monitoring new marine heat wave off B.C. coast similar to 'the Blob'

Marine Mammal Strandings at 2nd Cape

Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris) Found on Chukchi Sea Beach

Polar bear encounters in Kaktovik aren’t new. But they’re happening a bit earlier than last year.

Another major whale stranding event

Dead Seal

Thousands of walruses show up early on Northwest Alaska coast as sea ice recedes

Fifty Whales Found Dead on West Iceland Beach

More dead marine mammals, birds found on region’s beaches

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Northwest Alaska

Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in B.C.'s Salish Sea

More dead ice seals found near Deering

2 more dead right whales discovered in Gulf of St. Lawrence

Scientists search for cause of ice seal deaths

The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit, the latest sign something is wrong

Late Arrival of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

3 more gray whale carcasses found in Alaska amid spike in deaths along West Coast

Stranded walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

First-Ever Beluga-Narwhal Hybrid Found in the Arctic

Exhausted and Starving Polar Bear Wanders Into Siberian City

13-year-old girl bit by sea lion in ‘very rare’ attack at Pismo Beach

Dead Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas

2 more gray whales found dead near Kodiak Island

18 Dead Seals near Kotlik

Little Ice for Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) Hunting

Another dead grey whale found off B.C. coast

Beached Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) near Turnagain Arm

Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near Nanaimo

Two whale carcasses wash ashore

Beached Whale Off Reykjavík Coast

Báru kennsl á háhyrning sem rak á land

Alaska’s third dead gray whale of the year reported on Kodiak coast

Researchers seek answers to gray whale deaths after 57 are stranded this year

Another gray whale found dead in Alaska, this time near Cordova

Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Feeding in Haro Strait

Seal pups and walrus calves found stranded on regional beaches

Another gray whale has been found dead in Turnagain Arm

Second whale found dead in Turnagain Arm within 2 weeks

Grey whales stranded in Boundary Bay freed, headed for deeper water

Walrus herds pass Nome Headed North

Underweight bearded seal pup found near Shaktoolik is now recovering at the Alaska SeaLife Center

In Utqiaġvik, temperatures are warmer, and the ice is changing. What does that mean for whalers?

Juvenile Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Hauled Out

Natuashish photographer captures 3 polar bears and a surprise walrus

A humpback whale died in Turnagain Arm. Here’s what might have happened.

Weak ice hampers spring count of endangered Saimaa ringed seal

Frantic bid to save Umka the lost and forlorn polar bear who travelled 700 km in the wrong direction on ice floe

Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsy

Southeast Alaska researchers get rare opportunity to study a sperm whale

Whale Fatality Likely Caused By Boat Propeller

Odd condition of Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

Two dead gray whales in San Francisco Bay spur investigation

A 'invasion’ of polar bears is terrorizing an island town in Russia

Botulism cases reported in Nome

Another Sand Point fisherman is chomped on by a sea lion

Alaska man kills polar bear that strayed from its usual habitat

Sea lions survive with the help of Kamchatka residents

Wandering seals swarm streets of Newfoundland town

Distemper Remains Likely Cause of Gulf of Maine Seal Die-Off

As Polar Bear Attacks Increase in Warming Arctic, a Search for Solutions

Sea lions have enemies. Now someone is shooting them in the head.

Beached whale had 115 plastic cups in its stomach

Study finds healthy group of polar bears in sea near Alaska

Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan Bay

'Really shocking': Sperm whales spotted near Pond Inlet