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Historical nautical maps show coral loss more extensive than previously believed

Mike Gaworecki 20 Sep 2017

Move to open U.S. Atlantic coast to oil drilling meets increased opposition

Mike Gaworecki 13 Sep 2017

‘Science needs to catch up’: Deep sea mining looms over unstudied ecosystems

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Aug 2017

Critically endangered staghorn corals are benefiting from coral gardening in the Caribbean

Mike Gaworecki 9 Aug 2017

Phone app lists ‘Good Fish’ and ‘Bad Fish’ to reduce impacts of cyanide fishing

Danielle Bettermann 30 Jun 2017
A male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) among king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Marion Island. Photo by Nico de Bruyn.

Hard but worth it: researchers fight invasives on Subantarctic islands (commentary)

P.J.N. (Nico) de Bruyn 29 Jun 2017

Trade just as important to ensure food security as healthy fisheries (commentary)

Michael Fabinyi, Wolfram Dressler, Michael Pido 14 Jun 2017

Activists determined to protect newly discovered Amazon Reef from oil drilling

Mike Gaworecki 13 Jun 2017
Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Photo by Greg Asner/www.Divephoto.org.

Can marine reserves help counteract climate change?

Kim Smuga-Otto 8 Jun 2017

Vaquita survival hinges on stopping international swim bladder trade

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Climate change may be choking the ocean’s oxygen supply, study shows

Mic Smith 5 Jun 2017

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

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2017
A cable car in the Atlantic. Photo by Max Pixel.

Environment secretary of São Paulo faces controversies over management plans of protected areas

Ignacio Amigo 15 May 2017

A deep dive into the study of marine wildlife through bioacoustics

Mike Gaworecki 3 May 2017

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

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2017

Namibia’s low cost, sustainable solution to seabird bycatch

William H. Funk 25 Apr 2017

BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused $17.2 billion in environmental damage to the Gulf of Mexico

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2017
Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Is a property boom in Malaysia causing a fisheries bust in Penang?

Rod Harbinson 19 Apr 2017

Climate change-induced bleaching decimating Great Barrier Reef

John Cannon 15 Mar 2017

Law enforcers recover 38 sea turtles in eastern Indonesia — 6 of them dead

Mongabay 1 Mar 2017

Saving Jamaica Bay’s diamondback terrapins

Sam Lee 16 Feb 2017

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

An in-depth look at Mongabay’s collaboration with The Intercept Brasil

Mike Gaworecki 7 Feb 2017

First-ever underwater photos of newly discovered Amazon Reef have surfaced

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jan 2017

Restoring seagrass under siege

Elizabeth Devitt 2 Jan 2017

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

The lionfish invasion: A call to arms?

Elizabeth Devitt 14 Dec 2016

Deep sea mining plans for Papua New Guinea raise alarm

David Hutt 18 Nov 2016

Scientists say current plan to protect the vaquita will not save the species

Mike Gaworecki 4 Nov 2016

New atlas bolsters global perspective of fisheries – book review

John Cannon 3 Nov 2016

World’s largest marine protected area created in Antarctica

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Oct 2016

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