A sea life survey off Scotland's west coast has recorded rare sightings of what are believed to be the last surviving members of a group of UK orcas. Known as the West Coast Community, the group ...

The decision to travel to Norway and using the country as a stopover to our final destination, Switzerland, was mine. The idea to visit Tromsø was hers.

Seals are semi-aquatic marine mammals. They’re also known as pinnipeds, which means ‘fin-footed’, referring to the large flippers they have for arms and legs. Combined with their streamlined, ...

The virus causes severe respiratory, neurological and immune damage, and has triggered multiple mass mortality events ...

This innovative technique, colloquially known as “snot-bot” sampling, allows us to understand whale health better than ever ...

Kshamenk, the last killer whale held in captivity in Latin America, died of cardiorespiratory arrest in Argentina at age 35, ...

In this study, morbillivirus signatures were identified in humpback whales sampled in northern Norway, as well as in a sperm ...

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