A photo of four little cottonmouth at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge has gone viral on the Internet. As of last week, the photo and accompanying story had 96,000 views, thanks to an article in ...

MassWildlife describes the piping plover as a "small, beach-nesting shorebird that breeds along Massachusetts’ coastlines. Though the state hosts the Atlantic Coast’s largest population, these birds ...

The aggressive sea lion in Newport Beach is believed to be suffering from domoic acid poisoning, a toxin affecting sea lions, birds and dolphins ... be rehabbed and sent back out to sea.

Surfers at Newport ... and birds can recover with early treatment, marine experts say more dolphins than ever are dying. In recent weeks, a humpback whale was found dead in Huntington Beach ...

Public safety officials have been warning beachgoers to stay away from animals found stranded on the beach because they can become aggressive.