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Blue starfish in coral reef.

Re-carbonizing the sea: Scientists to start testing a big ocean carbon idea

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2023
Fishes in a coral reef.

Invasive rats topple ecological domino that affects reef fish behavior

John Cannon 20 Jan 2023
Anniqa Law Chung-kiu, conservation project manager for The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong.

Restoring Hong Kong’s oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a time

Peter Yeung 30 Dec 2022
A whale shark swimming with remoras.

2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Aaron Roan, Callie Leiphardt, Douglas McCauley, Neil Nathan, Rachel Rhodes 29 Dec 2022
Macroalgae and sea anemones.

Hunting for future-proof marine plants in the acidic waters bathing a volcano

Guia Baggi 28 Dec 2022
A Dutch super trawler pulling in the net.

Mongabay Explains: What’s all the brouhaha over bottom trawling?

Mongabay.com 23 Dec 2022
A boat in a salt marsh.

Global study reveals widespread salt marsh decline

Sean Mowbray 19 Dec 2022
A dead dolphin washed up.

Black Sea dolphin deaths prompt ecocide allegations against Russia

Elizabeth Fitt 16 Dec 2022
The Long Xing 621, one of DOF’s boats, hauls up a shark.

Dalian Ocean Fishing, subject of Mongabay probe, now sanctioned by U.S.

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 15 Dec 2022
A school of fish.

Tech companies work to make fishing, aquaculture more sustainable

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 Dec 2022
A shark with remoras.

Shark-fishing gear banned across much of Pacific in conservation ‘win’

Philip Jacobson 8 Dec 2022

‘It was a shark operation’: Q&A with Indonesian crew abused on Chinese shark-finning boat

Philip Jacobson and Basten Gokkon 2 Dec 2022

As shark numbers plummet, nations seek ban on devastatingly effective gear

Philip Jacobson 26 Nov 2022

Illegal bottom trawling widespread inside Mediterranean marine protected areas

Edward Carver 22 Nov 2022

Will shipping noise nudge Africa’s only penguin toward extinction?

Leonie Joubert 21 Nov 2022
Jayna DeVore and Simon Ducatez approaching Hiraanae motu.

Rat killers in paradise: An eradication program remakes a tropical atoll

David Helvarg 10 Nov 2022
Mangroves in Raja Ampat.

Mangrove forest loss is slowing toward a halt, new report shows

Caitlin Cooper 8 Nov 2022

Negotiations to conserve Antarctic Ocean end in stalemate on many issues

Francesco De Augustinis 7 Nov 2022
A snow crab.

Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Nov 2022
A sea snake.

Small island, big ocean: Niue makes its entire EEZ a marine park

Monica Evans 3 Nov 2022

‘There are solutions to these abuses’: Q&A with Steve Trent on how China can rein in illegal fishing

Philip Jacobson 3 Nov 2022
A deckhand on the Long Xing 626 in DOF’s Atlantic fleet displays what experts who reviewed the image identified as a blue shark (Prionace glauca) in this photo posted to Facebook. The animal on the ground is a leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).

Exclusive: Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet

Philip Jacobson and Basten Gokkon 1 Nov 2022
A New Zealand deep sea trawler.

New Zealand convicts company of illegal trawling in high seas restricted area

Edward Carver 31 Oct 2022
Sea spaghetti in a kelp forest.

Europe considers large-scale seaweed farming; environmental effects unknown

Ingrid Gercama, Nathalie Bertrams, Tristen Taylor 21 Oct 2022
Penguins in the Antarctic.

Fish-feed industry turns to krill, with unknown effects on the Antarctic ecosystem

Francesco De Augustinis 19 Oct 2022
Panama restricts information on sanctioned boats, evading transparency

Panama restricts information on sanctioned boats, evading transparency

Mary Triny Zea, Michelle Carrere 14 Oct 2022
Panama: A ‘flag of convenience’ for illegal fishing and lack of control at sea

Panama: A ‘flag of convenience’ for illegal fishing and lack of control at sea

Mary Triny Zea, Michelle Carrere 13 Oct 2022
Bôndy nurserymen tending to young eucalyptus

In Madagascar, a tree-planting business goes long on social, short on eco

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 10 Oct 2022
A right whale and its calf.

U.S. charts course for adopting ropeless fishing to reduce whale deaths

John Cannon 21 Sep 2022
A tripod fish

Regulator approves first deep-sea mining test, surprising observers

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Sep 2022
Commercial fishing vessels in Thailand. Image via pxhere.com (public domain).

Thailand’s contentious plan to curtail bottom trawling unfolds in slow motion

Kannikar Petchkaew 14 Sep 2022
Rhinoceros iguana

Stamping out invasive species has successful track record on islands, study finds

John Cannon 7 Sep 2022

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

César Rodríguez-Garavito, Chair of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law, details groundbreaking victories in climate litigation and law, highlighting the inspiring, long-term work of activists ranging from European grandmothers to Indigenous youth.  
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Saiga herd during a calving period. Image by Albert Salemgareyev and courtesy of the Association for the Conservation Biodiversity of Kazakhstan/Vera Voronova.
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