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Science and culture join forces to restore 120 miles of Hawaiian reefs

Mongabay.com 13 Jun 2023
Gray reef sharks at Fakarava atoll, French Polynesia.

Expedition to Pacific ecosystems hopes to learn from their resilience

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 May 2023
The Amazon River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Mouth of the Amazon oil exploration clashes with Lula’s climate promises

Sarah Brown 28 Apr 2023

Parasites of the Caribbean: Study pinpoints cause of sea urchin die-off

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Apr 2023

Home to rare corals, a Chilean fjord declines in spite of protection

Barinia Montoya 21 Apr 2023
A weedy seadragon.

As oceans warm, temperate reef species edge closer to extinction, study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 Mar 2023
Coral reef ecosystem in Fiji. Photo courtesy of Global Fund for Coral Reefs.

Blended finance can supercharge conservation (commentary)

Chuck Cooper 8 Mar 2023
A sea turtle in Philippine coral reefs.

China-funded bridge threatens Paradise Reef in southern Philippines

Bong S. Sarmiento 7 Mar 2023
A butterflyfish in a coral reef.

Reef ruckus: Fish fights erupt after mass coral bleaching, study finds

Carolyn Cowan 1 Mar 2023
Common bluestripe snapper in the Coral Triangle. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Machine learning makes long-term, expansive reef monitoring possible

Basten Gokkon 23 Feb 2023

An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will bleach this time?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Feb 2023
A coral reef in Thailand.

Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

Kannikar Petchkaew 1 Feb 2023
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

More than half of reef sharks and rays threatened with extinction, study shows

Basten Gokkon 17 Jan 2023
The author poses/hides in a mangrove at low tide. Image by Morgan Erickson-Davis.

Top mangrove news of 2022

Morgan Erickson-Davis 30 Dec 2022
A manta ray.

Strong marine protected areas credited with manta ray surge in Indonesia

Cassie Freund 22 Dec 2022
Transplanting coral reefs.

From bombs to seasonal closure, Indonesian fishers move toward sustainability

Wahyu Chandra 21 Dec 2022
A sea snake.

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

Monica Evans 3 Nov 2022
Goatfish in a coral reef.

To boost fish catches, try banning fishing, new study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Oct 2022

Heat-sensing drone cameras spy threats to sea turtle nests

Liz Kimbrough 17 Oct 2022
small reef fish

A ‘super reef’ recovery raises hopes — but also questions about its resilience

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Oct 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia

Future reefs: A manifesto to save the world’s coral gardens (commentary)

Emily Darling, Simon Cripps 16 Sep 2022
A hogfish in the coral reefs

Acid test: Are the world’s oceans becoming too ‘acidic’ to support life?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Sep 2022
A soft coral garden in west Greenland.

Greenland’s sustainable halibut fishery may threaten newfound corals, sponges

Amandas Ong 6 Sep 2022
A blacktip reef shark swims among smaller fish

Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small-scale fishers

Malavika Vyawahare 1 Sep 2022
A healthy coral reef in Tahiti.

Scientists develop AI that can listen to the pulse of a reef being restored

Cassie Freund 25 Aug 2022
Aziil Anwar.

Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64

Agus Mawan 16 Aug 2022

Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers

Basten Gokkon 10 Aug 2022
Rehabilitation of coral reefs in commemoration of Coral Triangle Day 2022 in Oesina Beach.

‘Spiderwebs’ to the rescue for Indonesia’s coral reefs

Agustinus Wijayanto, Warief Djajanto Basorie 7 Aug 2022
A bracelet with figurines carved from highly prized red coral.

New DNA test aims to help bust illegal trade in precious red coral

Kristy Hamilton 21 Jul 2022
Bajo women canoeing from the village to a tourist beach.

Amid rising pressure, Indonesia’s sea-based communities adapt to change

Warief Djajanto Basorie and Mahmud Ichi 18 Jul 2022

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