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The health of penguin chicks points scientists to changes in the ocean

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

Ocean winds, wave heights have increased around the world

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Ocean acidification could impact Atlantic cod populations more severely than previously thought

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2019

Ascension, the Atlantic ‘Galápagos,’ to get massive marine reserve

Sophie Manson 27 Mar 2019

After a year of no babies, 3 right whale calves spotted off U.S. coast

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

Every sea turtle in global study found to have synthetic fibers and microplastics in their guts

Mike Gaworecki 21 Dec 2018

Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant Total license to drill near Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 11 Dec 2018

Whale stress levels influenced by human activity, earwax study suggests

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2018

Human activities are impeding population growth of North Atlantic right whales

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2018

Are deep sea reefs really a lifeboat for our vanishing corals?

Emily Clark 7 Nov 2018

Whales and dolphins change the way they communicate in a noisy ocean

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

New species of neon-colored fish discovered off Brazil

Mongabay.com 26 Sep 2018

Underwater tech unlocks the secrets of The Bahamas’ Exuma Sound

Catherine Morris 30 Aug 2018

Rare bird, feared extinct after hurricane, is spotted in Bahamas again

Mongabay.com 27 Aug 2018

Scientists say endangered whale sharks can live up to 130 years

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2018
A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Technological breakthroughs are changing how researchers observe the world’s fishing fleet

Nadine Freischlad 14 Aug 2018

New tagging tech for great white shark tracking in New York waters

Mongabay.com 25 Jul 2018

The plastic crisis sinks to a new low in the deep sea

Bhanu Sridharan 28 Jun 2018

Coral reef ‘oases’ that thrive amid threats give hope for conservation

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Jun 2018

Shark fisheries hunting dolphins, other marine mammals as bait: Study

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018

South Georgia declared ‘rat-free’ in largest-ever rodent eradication program

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2018

Brazil creates four massive marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Mar 2018

‘Ropeless’ consortium aims to end entanglements of declining North Atlantic right whales

John Cannon 29 Mar 2018

Queen conch dying out in the Bahamas despite marine parks

Jim Tan 16 Feb 2018

Fishing mortality of mako sharks ten times higher than fisheries’ estimates

Neha Jain 5 Sep 2017

Brazil rejects oil company’s ‘Amazon Reef’ drilling bid

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2017

Federal prosecutor in Brazil calls for suspension of licensing to drill near Amazon Reef

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2017

Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2017

Rare beaked whale filmed underwater for the first time

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Mar 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

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