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Winners of the annual Mangrove Photography Awards: See the photos

Bobby Bascomb 24 Jul 2026

How saline drinking water raises preeclampsia risks in coastal Bangladesh (commentary)

Ashik Rubaiyat 23 Jul 2026

As Australia expands seismic testing, experts warn of profound effects on sealife

Theoné van der Merwe 22 Jul 2026
A whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) in the Pacific Ocean off Panama. The species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Image courtesy of Mission Blue/Max Bello.

What happened to the vessels Panama busted in 2025 for fishing in its flagship MPA?

Edward Carver 21 Jul 2026

US government announces plans to lease deep-sea mining rights in American Samoa

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 17 Jul 2026

Beavers flourish in tidal habitats in the Pacific Northwest, study finds

David Brown 17 Jul 2026
Olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings walk to the sea in Mexico.

How a community is helping sea turtles hatch in the Philippines

Rachel Duckett 17 Jul 2026
A split-view image of an underwater seascape and coastline of Mussau Island, within the Manus Marine Protected Area, Papua New Guinea.

Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor

Ashley Yeong 17 Jul 2026

From Mardi Gras to marsh: Glass Half Full turns party glass into Louisiana coastline

Liz Kimbrough 16 Jul 2026

Gray whales are suffering catastrophic population decline in the Pacific Ocean

David Brown 16 Jul 2026

Invasive giant prawn spreads through protected areas in Brazil

Evanildo da Silveira 16 Jul 2026
Sea thickening project in the Arctic

In the Canadian Arctic, an experiment aims to stabilize thinning sea ice

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jul 2026
Polar bear mother with two cubs on a snowy sandbank in northern Alaska.

‘Bear-dar’ aims to give Arctic communities a heads-up on nearby polar bears

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Jul 2026

How a spiritual practice is preserving Benin’s mangroves

Mongabay.com 15 Jul 2026
Mediterranean coast.

The unsung biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea needs urgent protection

Mike DiGirolamo 15 Jul 2026

Rising seas, garbage and heat threaten Brazil’s migratory shorebirds 

Sibélia Zanon 14 Jul 2026
A woman transports a catch of fish from a landing site in coastal Kenya to market. Image by Festo Lumwe/WorldFish.

Why Africa should link nutritional data with fisheries management (commentary)

Essam Yassin Mohammed 14 Jul 2026
Kent Carpenter. Image via Old Dominion University

Kent Carpenter spent half a century counting the life of Philippine reefs

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jul 2026
The Matarbari coal power plant and deep seaport.

Fossil fuel-based mega projects displace locals in Bangladesh, pushing youth out

Eyamin Sajid 13 Jul 2026
Linda Ingham with Pacific white-sided dolphin caught in Japanese driftnet, north Pacific. Photo © Greenpeace / Roger Grace

A marine protected area can ban fishing boats. It cannot stop drifting gear

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jul 2026

Southeast Asian mangroves shift from historic decline to net growth

Naina Rao 13 Jul 2026
A view of Ngor Bay in Dakar, Senegal. Image by Jeff Attaway via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

What will Africa’s story on ocean governance be? Interview with David Willima

Victoria Schneider 13 Jul 2026
Seagrass meadows, pictured above, play a critical role in carbon sequestration and protecting coastlines.

Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent

Abhishyant Kidangoor 10 Jul 2026
The rescued tiger at Khulna Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. Image courtesy of the Bangladesh Forest Department.

Bangladesh gets ready for its first release of tiger rescued from poachers’ trap

Abu Siddique 10 Jul 2026
A moray eel in the coral reefs

Can conservation change how the world sees the Strait of Hormuz? (commentary)

Iman Ebrahimi 9 Jul 2026
A sunset over False Creek, Vancouver, in September 2024. Image by Ted McGrath via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Could a blighted urban inlet become a global beacon of waterway renewal?

Jennifer Cole 8 Jul 2026
A pineapple sea cucumber (Thelenota ananas).

Illegal fishing takes a toll on Australia’s sea cucumbers

Madeline Shaw 7 Jul 2026
A group of fishers upon returning from a fishing trip in the port of Mosteiros on Fogo Island. Image by Alice Pistolesi for Mongabay.

Cabo Verde program and its fishers have been protecting the sea for 10 years

Alice Pistolesi, Monica Pelliccia 7 Jul 2026
Mohammed Abu Daya, right, collects data on a spinetail devil ray that fishers brought to shore in Gaza in 2015. Image courtesy of Mohammed Abu Daya and Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara.

The Gaza scientist still tracking rays from a war zone

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Jul 2026

As East Africa’s oceans change, coastal women build new livelihoods

Associated Press 6 Jul 2026
Humpback whales in French Polynesian waters. The intensity and duration of marine heat waves could have widespread effects on marine biodiversity, increasing the likelihood of species displacement and mortality. Image by Toby Matthews / Ocean Image Bank.

Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health (commentary)

David Gruber, Sylvia Earle 6 Jul 2026

Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study

Daniel Shailer 6 Jul 2026

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