World governments have missed their goal of stemming biodiversity loss by this year, instead biodiversity loss has worsened according to scientists and policy-makers, and a little rusty-colored bird, the Alaotra…
Humankind's appetite for seafood has had a bigger impact on the world's marine turtles than long thought. A new report by Conservation International (CI) in partnership with Duke University’s Project…
One hundred and thirteen countries have signed on to an agreement to protect seven migratory sharks currently threatened with extinction byway of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species…
Little known beyond the waters of the Gulf of California, the world's smallest cetacean (a group including whales, dolphins, and porpoises) is hanging on by a thread. The vaquita—which in…
A new report from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) finds that almost 9 out of 10 toothed whales—including dolphins and porpoises—are threatened by entanglement and subsequent drowning from large-scale…
A species dubbed "the world's most miserable-looking fish" is at risk of extinction due to poor fishing practices, reports The Daily Telegraph. The Blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a gelatinous fish that…
Great white sharks tracked swimming underneath Golden Gate bridge. Researchers have long thought that white sharks migrated across oceans, but a new study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society…
The first global study of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays found that 32 percent of the species are threatened with extinction largely due to overfishing and bycatch, making pelagic…
Thousands of endangered sea turtles killed as fishing bycatch in Mexico Thousands of endangered sea turtles killed as fishing bycatch in Mexico mongabay.com October 15, 2008
20 waterbirds added to threatened list 20 waterbirds added to threatened list mongabay.com October 2, 2008
Shark-repelling fishing gear in the works Shark-repelling fishing gear in the works mongabay.com April 23, 2008 Fishing gear that produces an electric field in sea water could help prevent sharks…
Digital maps and mathematical analysis could reduce fishing bycatch Digital maps and mathematical analysis could reduce fishing bycatch SeaWeb February 16, 2008 Images of dolphins and turtles ensnared in tuna…
Vulnerable Australian Sea Lions further threatened by gillnets and lobster pots Vulnerable Australian sea lions further threatened by gillnets and lobster pots Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com November 26, 2007 The Australian…
Only 150 vaquita remain Only 150 vaquita remain mongabay.com November 19, 2007 Only 150 individual vaquita, the world's smallest cetacean, remain, according to a new study published in Conservation Biology.…
Mexican fishing villages work to change practices to preserve loggerhead turtles Mexican fishing villages work to change practices to preserve loggerhead turtles University of California - Santa Cruz October 16,…
