Sperm whales are classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and protected under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. With fewer than 2,500 ...

Only found in the Gulf of California, the marine mammal is one of the most endangered ... vaquita was put on the Mexican Endangered Species List in 1976 and the US Endangered Species List in ...

As deep divers of the ocean, beaked whales and other marine mammals such as dolphins have evolved to easily descend and ascend every day, so evidence of acute decompression sickness indicates ...

One million species globally are at risk of extinction in the next few decades, including 27 percent of the world’s mammals, 41 percent of amphibians ... while the National Marine Fisheries Service ...

Along with other marine mammals — like whales, seals, sea lions and porpoises — dolphins must go to the surface to breathe air through blowholes on the tops of their bodies. They hold their ...

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity was first produced in 1995 as a comprehensive resource for the public, the media, scientists, students, and policymakers to learn the various arguments ...