Mercury contamination comes mainly from illegal gold mining and forest clearing that wash mercury that naturally occurs in ...

Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.

In August and September, pods of what people estimated were hundreds of dolphins were spotted in the Long Island Sound off Connecticut cities and towns.

The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is excited for visitors to meet the newest addition to the family: Squirt the river otter. In a post on Facebook Wednesday, the zoo said the three-year-old otter is ...

A dolphin has been rescued from a river using an airbed on a paddleboard after becoming stranded 6km (3.7 miles) from the open sea. The male common dolphin was spotted at Penpoll near the River Fowey, ...

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination ...