Fifteen endangered sea turtles are back in the waters off Louisiana. They were released by the Audubon Aquarium Rescue team ...

A pair of highly endangered North Atlantic right whales traveling together made “rare” appearances off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The nearly 40-foot female whales appear to be moving south after they were ...

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Hundreds of thousands of Olive ridley turtles nest on beaches along India's eastern coast. They need a stretch of unhindered ...

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Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North ...

A group of microscopic sunflower sea star larva arrived at Shedd Aquarium last year and have been bulking up behind the ...

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, with many species ... some ...

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