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Topic: Marine mammals

Common bottlenose dolphins are found throughout the world in both offshore and coastal waters, including harbors, bays, gulfs, and estuaries of temperate and tropical waters.

Podcast: 50 years of protecting marine mammals

February 6, 2023

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Common bottlenose dolphins are found throughout the world in both offshore and coastal waters, including harbors, bays, gulfs, and estuaries of temperate and tropical waters.

Chinook salmon underwater.

Consultations and permitting

May 23, 2022

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Magnuson-Stevens Act

habitat restoration

endangered species

Chinook salmon underwater.

Two polar bears on a patch of Arctic ice

Study finds strong marine heatwaves in the Arctic

February 2, 2022

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Two polar bears on a patch of Arctic ice

Laura Dias photographing bottlenose dolphins during a photo-identification project.

Meet a marine mammal scientist

June 9, 2021

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Laura Dias photographing bottlenose dolphins during a photo-identification project.

A spotted seal rests on Arctic ice.

14 surprising seal facts

March 23, 2021

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A spotted seal rests on Arctic ice.

A white and gray spotted seal mother and pup in the Bering Sea.

Condition of seals declined during rapid warming in Alaska

February 3, 2021

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A white and gray spotted seal mother and pup in the Bering Sea.

Ice seals — ribbon, ringed, spotted, and bearded (like the one shown here) — are dependent on the Arctic sea ice for pupping, resting and completing their annual molt.

NOAA proposes critical habitat for ringed and bearded seals in U.S. Arctic

January 15, 2021

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Ice seals — ribbon, ringed, spotted, and bearded (like the one shown here) — are dependent on the Arctic sea ice for pupping, resting and completing their annual molt.

Growth in shipping traffic is a key contributor to the increase in chronic background underwater noise that can affect marine mammals like the whales shown here.

Media briefing: Listening to a quieter ocean during the pandemic

December 7, 2020

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marine commerce

Growth in shipping traffic is a key contributor to the increase in chronic background underwater noise that can affect marine mammals like the whales shown here.

A Southern Resident killer whale leaps into the air. The Southern Residents are an endangered population of fish-eating killer whales.

An international race to find a missing Orca data tag: Part II

November 12, 2020

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A Southern Resident killer whale leaps into the air. The Southern Residents are an endangered population of fish-eating killer whales.

A Southern Resident killer whale leaps into the air. The Southern Residents are an endangered population of fish-eating killer whales.

An international race to find a missing Orca data tag: Part I

November 9, 2020

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A Southern Resident killer whale leaps into the air. The Southern Residents are an endangered population of fish-eating killer whales.

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