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Cymodocea nodosa seagrass in Spain, also known as Little Neptune grass. Restoring and protecting seagrass can have climate and coastal protection benefits. Image courtesy of Liam McGuire/Ocean Image Bank.

The underwater meadows that help keep beaches from disappearing

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Mar 2026
Patagonian octopus eggs in Puerto Lobos Protected Natural Area in Argentina. Image courtesy of Martin Brogger.

Baby octopus in Argentina: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 31 Mar 2026

A stranded whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade

Associated Press 30 Mar 2026
Fisherman Chapoka Miongo speaks from his traditional dugout canoe at the Shimoni channel, in Kwale county, Kenya, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Artisanal fisheries on Kenya's coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks. Miongo explained that warming waters forced tuna species to alter their migration patterns, making it harder for local fishers to catch them. Image by AP Photo/Brian Inganga.

New strategy to reverse Kenya’s shark decline tries to bring fishers on board

Anthony Langat 27 Mar 2026

Family and friends help sperm whale mother and newborn during birth

Bobby Bascomb 26 Mar 2026
A Peruvian artisanal fisher poses with a jumbo flying squid. Image courtesy of National Society of Artisanal Fishing of Peru (SONAPESCAL).

The squid rush in the South Pacific is forcing regulators to act

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2026

A 3-limbed Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is now being tracked at sea by satellite

Associated Press 26 Mar 2026

Deep-sea mining rules face delays despite urgent push

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Mar 2026

Pharmaceutical companies move away from horseshoe crab biomedical testing

David Brown 16 Mar 2026

The rate of global warming is accelerating, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 6 Mar 2026

Antarctic krill sustainability label questioned

Bobby Bascomb 5 Mar 2026
Due to their nonselective nature, shark nets and drum lines frequently kill sharks that don’t pose a threat to humans. Image from "Monsters" courtesy of Skyler Thomas.

Proposed shark net near Club Med resort in South Africa sparks conservation clash

Victoria Schneider 4 Mar 2026

Why so many mangrove restoration projects fail

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2026

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are falling in North Atlantic whales after phaseout

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Feb 2026

US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule

Associated Press 16 Feb 2026
Stingray

Snooping on stingrays

Abhishyant Kidangoor 15 Feb 2026
A humpback whale breaching in Alaskan waters.

Indigenous concerns surface as U.S. agency considers seabed mining in Alaskan waters

Anita Hofschneider 11 Feb 2026
African penguins at a beach in Simon's Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Unidentified oil washes up on South African beaches

Victoria Schneider 10 Feb 2026

Global moratorium on whaling, a ‘defining moment,’ turns 40

Edward Carver 5 Feb 2026

Greenland sharks retain functional vision despite extreme longevity

Bobby Bascomb 14 Jan 2026
A camera-trap image of a flat-headed cat in Thailand’s Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary. Image courtesy of DNP/Panthera.

7 hopeful wildlife sightings that researchers celebrated in 2025

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2026

Deep-sea ‘hotels’ reveal 20 new species hiding in Pacific Ocean twilight zone near Guam

Liz Kimbrough 31 Dec 2025
The fish-eating bat has been recorded on more than 45 islands in the Gulf of California. Isla Partida Norte is home to the largest known colony of the species. Image courtesy of José Juan Flores Martínez.

Up close with Mexico’s fish-eating bats: Interview with researcher José Juan Flores Martínez

Astrid Arellano 31 Dec 2025

A rare right whale spotted off Ireland resurfaces near Boston

Bobby Bascomb 17 Dec 2025
The endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

South Africa considers site near African penguin colony for third nuclear power plant

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Dec 2025

Illegal fishing, other maritime threats cost Western Indian Ocean $1b a year: Report

Anne Nzouankeu 12 Dec 2025
Batasan Island in Danajon Bank, the only double barrier reef in the Philippines and one of only three in the Indo-Pacific region, is sinking as a result of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol province in 2013.

Filipinos wade through floodwaters due to sinking land, rising sea & corruption

Jewel S. Cabrera 4 Dec 2025

The roughed-up roughy fish (cartoon)

Rohan Chakravarty 26 Nov 2025

Wolf hauls up crab trap to eat bait, hinting at possible tool use

Bobby Bascomb 20 Nov 2025
Sámi reindeer herders and conservationists set up a protest camp at the facilities of the Blue Moon Metals Nussir mine in Finnmark county, Norway. Photo by Rasmus Berg / Natur og Ungdom.

Plans to dispose of mining waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean worries Sámi fishers, herders

Aimee Gabay 18 Nov 2025
Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley. Photo by Surya Risuana.

Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley, who helped Indonesian communities restore their reefs, has died

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Nov 2025

Sea anemones and hermit crabs form a mutualistic relationship in Japan

Bobby Bascomb 13 Nov 2025

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