Marine Mammals

Drilling in the refuge was tucked into in last month’s Republican tax bill, defying decades of attempts to protect this pristine wildnerness.

Stories about Bears Ears, sharks, vaquitas, an extinct bat and the Endangered Species Act resonated with our readers this year.

This month brings us several great new books for the dedicated environmentalists on your holiday shopping list.

Highly trained military dolphins have been dispatched to round up the last 30 vaquita porpoises and (hopefully) save the species from extinction.

Oil surveys in the Atlantic Ocean could harm marine life without benefiting the US economy.

Southern Resident killer whales have a shortage of food and an overdose of deadly pollutants.

This month brings new books about elephants, energy and an all-too-real mythic figure.

Oceanic plastic poses an increasing threat for these top predators.

Trying to save this species from extinction also means being witness to their destruction.

Fewer than 30 of these rare porpoises remain. Can their extinction be prevented?