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Hugh Powell: birds lend invaluable insight into ecosystems

New book series hopes to inspire research in world’s ‘hottest biodiversity hotspot’

Photos: program devoted to world’s strangest, most neglected animals celebrates five years

How much is the life of a whale worth?

Cute animal picture of the day: pygmy killer whale saved after stranding

Bycatch-reducing fish trap wins $20,000

Critically Endangered Hawaiian monk seals bludgeoned to death

‘Lost world’ dominated by Yeti crabs discovered in the Antarctic deep

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Seahorses under stress

US reduces catch limit of ‘most important fish in the sea’

Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Seahorses

First global assessment finds highest-grossing tunas and billfishes most vulnerable to extinction

Researchers challenge idea that marine reserves promote coral recovery

Small marine fish need protection too

Costa Rican fishermen plundering Colombian waters for sharks

California governor signs ban on shark fin trade

Marshall Islands creates world’s biggest shark park

Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserve

Sea turtle deaths in U.S. waters reduced 90%, but shrimp trawling accounts for 98% of kill

Sowing the seeds to save the Patagonian Sea

California moves closer to banning shark fin trade

Mass walrus haul-outs, polar bear cub mortality linked to climate change

Mass walrus haul-outs, polar bear cub mortality linked to climate change

Forgotten species: the rebellious spotted handfish

Honduras protects sharks in all its waters

Photos: 300 species discovered during expedition to Philippines

Ocean prognosis: mass extinction

Google Earth used to identify marine animal behavior

Longline fishing still drowning over a quarter million seabirds every year

Picture: Fluorescent lizardfish, glowing reefs in Fiji

Arctic on the line: oil industry versus Greenpeace at the top of the world

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