Autumn Spanne

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Juvenile yellowfin tuna hang in the purse seine net of the French fishing vessel Trevignon

Drifting tuna fishing gear enter half of marine protected areas: study

Keith Anthony Fabro 31 Jul 2026

Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta).

Extreme weather dampens breeding success for marine predators in Tasmania: study

Madeline Shaw 27 Jul 2026

A split-view image of an underwater seascape and coastline of Mussau Island, within the Manus Marine Protected Area, Papua New Guinea.

Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor

Ashley Yeong 17 Jul 2026

Sea thickening project in the Arctic

In the Canadian Arctic, an experiment aims to stabilize thinning sea ice

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jul 2026

A striped dolphin caught in a driftnet off the Azores, North Atlantic.

 Seeking swordfish, catching dolphins and whales: EU pushes to rein in driftnets

Victoria Schneider 8 Jul 2026

A pineapple sea cucumber (Thelenota ananas).

Illegal fishing takes a toll on Australia’s sea cucumbers

Madeline Shaw 7 Jul 2026

Four men stand in muddy water holding a brown fishnet full of fish.

Aquatic animal and terrestrial meat trades now almost on par, FAO report finds

Elizabeth Fitt 29 Jun 2026

Fishers in Sahamalaza-Iles Radama Marine Protected Area. Image courtesy of Madagascar National Parks.

Six marine sanctuaries recognized as Blue Parks, four of them in Africa

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Jun 2026

A spiny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix). Seahorses are a frequently trafficked marine species. Image by © Hamadi Mwamlavya via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC).

‘Thinking how traffickers think’: Study uses AI to detect marine wildlife smuggling

Daniel Shailer 16 Jun 2026

A loggerhead turtle swimming on rocky seafloor facing the camera.

Teeming with turtles: Cabo Verde island sees 80-fold increase in nesting loggerheads

André Habet 16 Jun 2026

Plastic bottles and debris blanket the shoreline in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on March 10, 2022. Image by AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph.

Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds

Ashley Yeong 15 Jun 2026

A flock of greater flamingos wades in the Narta Lagoon, an important wintering site for the species. Image by Stefan Lovgren for Mongabay.

‘Flamingo Revolution’ aims to stop Kushner-backed resort on protected Albanian delta

Stefan Lovgren 12 Jun 2026

A dead dusky morwong (Dactylophora nigricans) lies on a bed of seaweed at the water’s edge.

A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc

Nick Rodway 8 Jun 2026

Giant soft coral in South Korea

‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2026

A thornback ray used in experiments to measure the impacts of electromagnetic field sensitivity rests in the Wageningen University & Research laboratory. Image courtesy of Annemiek Hermans.

Offshore wind power cables can affect sensory system of sharks and rays: studies

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jun 2026

Orcas performing in a show at Marineland Antibes in 2013.

France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary

Spoorthy Raman 3 Jun 2026

Harbor seals

Fisheries and climate research would be hit hard in Trump’s proposed budget

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jun 2026

A cornfield flooded with salts in the eastern United States. Crops didn’t survive in the low-elevation sections of the field, which abuts a tidal wetland. Image courtesy of Jarrod Miller/Delmarva Saltwater Intrusion.

Risk of saltwater intrusion into coastal groundwater spans the globe: Study

Edward Carver 28 May 2026

A yellowfin tuna captured for electronic tagging off the coast of Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean. Image by Marc Taquet via Ifremer (CC BY 4.0).

Indian Ocean tuna regulator eases yellowfin fishing curbs amid sustainability concerns

Malavika Vyawahare 22 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026

Dried daisy stingrays in stacks at a fish landing site in southern Senegal with sea in background.

In Senegal, artisanal fishing kills a surprising number of sharks and rays: study

Victoria Schneider 5 May 2026

An orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Image courtesy of Sara Jobson/Mercier Lab.

Global trade in sea cucumbers ‘alarming’ with many species at risk: Study

Edward Carver 30 Apr 2026

A man on the Philippine island of Boracay walks beside a drainage pipe discharging untreated sewage into the ocean in 2018.

Nearly three in four marine protected areas undermined by wastewater pollution

Elizabeth Fitt 29 Apr 2026

One of the world’s largest deep-sea coral reefs discovered off Argentina

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 29 Apr 2026

The bottom otter trawler Hendrika Jacoba operating in the Dogger Bank waters in the North Sea. Image © Greenpeace.

NPFC adopts illegal fishing measures — but no Emperor Seamount protections

Francesco De Augustinis 24 Apr 2026

A Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena). Image ©gianfrs via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Creating the North Atlantic’s largest MPA network: Interview with Azores President José Manuel Bolieiro

Maria José Mendes 9 Apr 2026

Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran).

Migratory species summit adopts new marine protections amid extinction warnings

Francesco De Augustinis 8 Apr 2026

A fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) in a Neptune grass meadow. Image by Arnaud Abadie via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back

Edward Carver 7 Apr 2026

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

A collage featuring Ashoka Mukpo, a Mongabay reporter, and a cocoa bean

David Page wrote about the mountains and worked to protect them

A young cacao tree in Grand Gedeh, Liberia. Photo by Ashoka Mukpo for Mongabay.

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