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Newly described pocket shark likely glows in the dark

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2019
A small coral appears on a reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean, threats to coral ecosystems include climate change, storms, pollution, tourism, and fishing. Image courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens

Heather Gies 17 Jul 2019

Ocean currents spin a web of interconnected fisheries around the world

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2019
A tourist boat in Donsol joins several others in search of whale sharks. Image by Nina Unlay.

What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?

Nina Unlay 28 Jun 2019

Altered fish communities persist long after reefs bleach, study finds

John Cannon 28 Jun 2019

Crackdown after Sri Lanka bombings may help in fight against blast fishing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2019

Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill to ban captivity of all whales, dolphins

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2019

Caribbean nations boost protection for extremely rare largetooth sawfish

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Jun 2019

Healthy reefs, healthy people: Community-based marine conservation in Papua New Guinea (commentary)

Jonathan Booth 7 Jun 2019

Twice as many fishing vessels now, but it’s harder to catch fish

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jun 2019

For artisanal fishers, fish fences are an easy, but problematic, option

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019
Red-billed tropicbird (Phaeton aethereus) at Abrolhos Marine National Park. Image by Mia Morete via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Brazil green-lights oil prospecting near important marine park

Thais Borges 31 May 2019

Study suggests MPAs and fisheries closures can benefit highly migratory marine species

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

For migrating songbirds, ‘baby shark’ is more than just an annoying tune

Shreya Dasgupta 22 May 2019

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

Mongabay.com 22 May 2019

New map shows warming waters where coral reefs could be under threat

Shreya Dasgupta 8 May 2019

Climate change is causing marine species to disappear from their habitat twice as fast as land animals

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019

’Unprecedented’ loss of biodiversity threatens humanity, report finds

Mongabay.com 7 May 2019
A Punta Fuego voice actor reads off the script. Photo by J. Sanchez for WCS.

Radio drama encourages Belizean fishers to follow the rules

Ashley Stumvoll 6 May 2019
A whale shark in Mexico. Image by MarAlliance2018 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mobile app encourages Indian fishers to free entangled whale sharks

Vasudevan Sridharan 1 May 2019
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Building the world’s biggest MPA: Q&A with Goldman winner Jacqueline Evans

Monica Evans 30 Apr 2019
A shark catch in Pucusana, Perú. Image courtesy of Oceana.

Weak governance undermines South America’s ocean ecosystems

Michelle Carrere 26 Apr 2019

Killer whale vs. great white? No contest — the shark always flees

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

Swelling amount of plastic in the ocean confirmed by new study

John Cannon 17 Apr 2019

Waters off Galápagos have way more alien species than previously known

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2019

Scientists urge overhaul of the world’s parks to protect biodiversity

John Cannon 11 Apr 2019
A loggerhead turtle swims around a fish aggregation device belonging to the Ecuadorean fishing vessel Ingalapagos. Greenpeace says it documented the vessel in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands. Image by © Alex Hofford / Greenpeace.

30 percent by 2030? Study maps out how to protect the world’s oceans

Taran Volckhausen 11 Apr 2019

Russia plans to release nearly 100 belugas, orcas from icy ‘whale jail’

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2019

Indonesia creates three marine protected areas within Coral Triangle

Mahmud Ichi 10 Apr 2019

Belize to nearly triple area under strict marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Apr 2019

Indonesia oil slicks highlight weak enforcement against bilge dumping

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2019

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