From drowned worlds to virtual utopias via deep space, wild ideas abound in Emily H. Wilson's picks for her favourite sci-fi ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.

While environmental factors contributed to their demise, increased contact with humans certainly did not help. In 1768, just ...

Steller’s Sea Cow was a marine beast that inhabited the Commander Islands, situated in the Bering Sea between Alaska and ...

“Beasts of the Sea,” by Iida Turpeinen. Translated by David Hackston. Publication Date Nov. 18. 288 pages. In 1741, naturalist Georg Steller was aboard the St. Peter when it was shipwrecked on an ...

Crystal River, in the town of the same name on the west-central coast of the US state of Florida, is dubbed the ‘Manatee ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A dramatic wildlife rescue — captured by drone — is highlighting both the power of teamwork and the dangers of ocean plastic pollution. A near-threatened Steller’s sea lion ...

A sea lion swims in circles near Who Song & Larry’s Restaurant and Cantina along the Columbia River in 2021. The federal government recently renewed permits to remove salmon-munching sea lions without ...

Make way for the manatee. A surprise sea cow sighting put the brakes on a $64 million Gulf Coast construction project, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation. ALSO ...

Locals and visitors can spot sea lions along the waterfront Astoria has become a bit noisier in the past month and that’s thanks to the California-native sea lions. The big-belly aquatic mammals ...