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Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Canada’s Pacific Coast hit hard by trawling, with limited transparency: Report

Edward Carver 14 Jul 2025
Mark Erdmann releasing a thresher shark. Photo courtesy of Mark Erdmann.

Sharks didn’t rebound—so Mark Erdmann is putting them back

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jul 2025
Hydrogen storage tanks are visible at the Iberdrola green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, March 28, 2023.

Locals fear Chile’s new port project for green energy will disrupt ecosystems

Aimee Gabay 11 Jul 2025
Following the shipwreck, plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, began washing up along Kerala’s southern beaches.

Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India

Max Martin 9 Jul 2025

Out-of-range albatross makes a highlight in the revival of seabird watching in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jul 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Restoration, protection aim to save Belize’s coral reef from extreme heat and disease

Marco Lopez 9 Jul 2025
Paddle boarders over a coral reef in Indonesia.

Will temperate seas act as refuge for coral reefs? Not in time, study says

Edward Carver 8 Jul 2025
Small islands in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett Ayers Butler. 

Listings of Indonesian islands renew fears of privatization for coastal communities

Basten Gokkon 8 Jul 2025
Squat lobsters and soft coral in the deep sea.

U.S. federal agency clears ways for deep-sea mining — and companies are lining up

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jul 2025
An alert sign: a stranded marine specimen documented by IEPA scientists along the Amapá coast. The case is part of ongoing efforts to monitor aquatic fauna.

Seismic noise from oil companies threatens Amazon River Mouth marine life

Rudja Santos 4 Jul 2025

Scientists trial chlorine as gentler alternative to antibiotics to fight coral disease

Rivonala Razafison 2 Jul 2025
Emmanuel Gona, a fisherman and community scout from Muyu wa Kae village in Marereni, believes that conserving and restoring mangrove ecosystems is key to boosting fish populations.

A Kenya marine biodiversity credit program restores mangroves — and livelihoods

Juliet Akoth Ojwang 1 Jul 2025
Churna Island as seen from the mainland.

With coral-rich Churna Island now an MPA, Pakistan takes baby steps on ocean protection

Ayaz Khan 1 Jul 2025
Julio and Isaac Blanco fish octopus along the coast of Asturias, Spain, using traditional nasas cages.

Two coasts, one struggle for octopus fishers battling overfishing and warming waters

Davide Mancini, Paola Margu 30 Jun 2025
A brittle star (Gorgonocephalus sp.), recognizable by its numerous abundantly branched arms, attached to a white coral (Desmophyllum pertusum).

First-ever assessment highlights threats to Atlantic cold-water corals

Keith Anthony Fabro 30 Jun 2025
Artisanal fishermen fishing in Senegalese waters, not far from Madeleine Island.

Illegal fishing and its consequences: the human toll of migration in Senegal

Elodie Toto 30 Jun 2025
Rashid Mohamed Rashid

What happens to artisanal fishers when a deep-sea fishing port comes to town?

Anthony Langat 27 Jun 2025
A ray swims over seagrass in Australia.

As ocean acidification ramps up, experts call for speedy ocean protection

Sean Mowbray 26 Jun 2025
Every humphead wrasse has unique facial markings with distinctive black lines around the eyes and squiggly patterns on the face.

Vanishing giants: The Indian Ocean’s biggest fish need saving (commentary)

Melita Samoilys 25 Jun 2025
wo whales allokelping, with a small length of kelp stem visible between them. Center for Whale Research, NMFS NOAA Permit 27038

Orcas discovered making tools from seaweed to ‘massage’ each other

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2025
Stefanie Brendl free diving with sharks. Photo by Phil Waller

What sharks are worth—and why that matters

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Jun 2025

Indigenous divers on Chile’s island restore seabed to protect seafood sources

Ana Cristina Alvarado 24 Jun 2025
The humphead wrasse is one of the largest reef fish that can grow to about 1.5 metres (about 5 feet) and weigh up to 190 kilograms.

Endangered humphead wrasse gets a lifeline from facial recognition tech

Spoorthy Raman 23 Jun 2025

As a fishing port rises in Kenya, locals see threats to sea life, livelihoods

Anthony Langat 23 Jun 2025

Red tape fouls a coastal community’s fight to protect fjords in Chilean Patagonia

Ana Cristina Alvarado 23 Jun 2025
Coral reef in Vietnam.

Major coral loss in Vietnam’s first marine protected area: Study

Keith Anthony Fabro 20 Jun 2025
Industrial trawlers and small-scale fishers compete for space near the port of Dakar in Senegal.

UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters

Edward Carver 19 Jun 2025

Twin ship disasters in India threaten widespread pollution on Sri Lankan coasts

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jun 2025
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.

Whales still aren’t ‘eating all the fish’ (commentary)

Peter Corkeron 18 Jun 2025
Clown anemonefish live symbiotically with anemone

When heat waves hit, clownfish shrink to survive, study finds

Keith Anthony Fabro 18 Jun 2025
Fishermen releasing a sea turtle.

Peru’s new bycatch training aims to help save hooked sea turtles: Q&A with fisher Gustavo Rosales

Ana Cristina Alvarado 18 Jun 2025
A dusky whaler shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) entangled in Ballina, New South Wales, Australia in 2017.

On its 50th anniversary, ‘Jaws’ continues to provoke shark conservationists

Edward Carver 18 Jun 2025

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