marine mammals

No one has ever before documented the spread of a learned behavior through a population of these marine mammals over a short period of time.

She says it's very worrisome to see such a large number of marine mammals die.

In Antarctica, the only mammals are those that stay for just a short time -- marine mammals like whales and seals.

As it turns out , marine mammals are at the top of this food chain that we're pouring millions of tons of toxic substances into every year .

Another problem with plastic bags is they do not biodegrade in landfills and pose a danger to many marine mammals.

Marino and her colleagues have analyzed modern dolphins and remains of ancient marine mammals to help answer that question.

Pershing says Roman's work is bound to get scientists thinking more about the role of large marine mammals in ocean ecosystems.

Marine mammals have the misfortune to be swimming aggregates of commodities that humans want : fur, oil, and meat.

Also known as orcas, these marine mammals often use echolocation to find their prey, which usually consists of fish and squid.

That technological advance allowed the zoo to create a permanent habitat for marine mammals far from the ocean.

These marine mammals, like their manatee relatives, must surface every five minutes or so for a fresh breath.

Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food.

Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.

Land fauna is sparse, but even a shallow snorkel swim offshore reveals bountiful sponges, corals, crustaceans, reptiles and marine mammals.

The women used their tools to process all of the fish and marine mammals brought in by the men.

And in a much-celebrated first documented example of tool use in marine mammals, a family of dolphins in Australia uses sponges to hunt.

Other methods help marine mammals to hold their breath longer than other types of mammals can.

one of the densest gatherings of marine mammals on Earth.

We're tracking pollution at the top of the food web, in marine mammals and fish.

the dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals.

NOAA has just started an aerial census of dolphins, turtles, whales and other marine mammals along the entire coast.

the maintenance of a safe environment for marine mammals.

Through sewage and medical waste, antibiotics and hormones enter the systems of seabirds and marine mammals.

During the breeding season South Georgia hosts the densest mass of marine mammals on Earth.

The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained.

Besides, these trained marine mammals are also helping to save lives.

Items ranged from cutlery to cigarette butts and plastic bags that threaten seabirds and marine mammals.

Whales are viviparous of marine mammals, not fish, it is only Xingzhuang Xiang fish.

Marine mammals are wowing researchers with more than just circus tricks.

Whether marine mammals are being affected by the Gulf oil spill is unclear.

All marine mammals use sound for communication to stay in touch.

Marine mammals can take in more air with each breath, as their lungs are proportionately larger than those in humans.

Whales and other marine mammals, fish, and even some invertebrates depend on sound, which travels much farther in water than light does.

Sea otters are the smallest of marine mammals.

Marine mammals generally swim with the current.

These plastics are responsible for the deaths more than a million seabirds and 100, 000 marine mammals every year.

Advances in Molecular Ecology of Marine Mammals.

Both young and adult dolphins are at risk of inhaling and ingesting floating oil, because the marine mammals must surface to breathe.

LARGE sharks, such as the Great White and Tiger, generally prey on big marine mammals.

Some indigenous groups actively monitor the harvests of Arctic marine mammals, and they could collect genetic samples in remote areas.

very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes.

One in three marine mammals are also threatened, according to the five year review.

Whales are marine mammals instead of fish.

The Navy made history in 2003 by using marine mammals for the first time in an active war zone.

Cetaceans are marine mammals such as whales and dolphins.

A school of marine mammals, such as seals, whales, or dolphins.

There are lots of marine mammals such as whales and seals in the sea.

Conservation - Species Conservation - Marine Mammals

Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, and preparations thereof

Many unexplained deaths of marine mammals could be caused by soundwaves from underwater military sonar equipment, zoologists believe

Humpback whale songs and repartee: communication in marine mammals

Joint Control Scheme for Hunting of Marine Mammals;

Inter-Agency Working Party on Marine Mammals;

Blood collection in marine mammals

Urine collection in Marine mammals

Fecal collection in Marine Mammals

Several species of marine mammals

Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals;

Bycatch of marine mammals in fishing nets

Train and maintain the Navy's marine mammals