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Cape fur seal glides through a kelp forest. Image courtesy of Helen Walne / Sea Change Project.

To boost conservation of kelp forests, start by naming them (commentary)

Helen Walne, Swati Thiyagarajan 12 Nov 2026

This ocean liner was the world’s fastest. It’s being sunk to make the largest artificial reef

Associated Press 11 Nov 2026
A 126-meter (413-foot), Dutch-flagged industrial fishing vessel in the Flanders Banks, a set of sandbanks off France and Belgium, in November 2024. There are two MPAs in Flanders Bank; both allow industrial fishing. Image © Lorraine Turci/Greenpeace.

Audit says Europe’s marine protected areas failing as 2030 deadline looms

Edward Carver 11 Nov 2026
The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus), a species classified as critically endangered by the IUCN.

US companies apply to explore deep-sea mining in area bordering Pacific island states

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Nov 2026

US brand StarKist suspends tuna sourcing from vessels accused of exploiting Indonesian fishers

Basten Gokkon 11 Nov 2026
Proboscis monkey

Rising seas could reshape habitats for more than 40% of world’s land vertebrates

Carolyn Cowan 11 Nov 2026
Seaweed farmer Jonalyn Rentuaya holds a line of dried seaweed. While many community members have left since the spill, Rentuaya remains, saying she is hopeful the sea can be rehabilitated. Image by Pippo Carmona for Mongabay.

A year after a wastewater spill in the Philippines, communities fight to save a dying sea

Pippo Carmona 10 Nov 2026
Squid drying in the sun in South Korea.

South Korea’s beloved squid may vanish from its waters due to climate change, heat waves

Kelly Kasulis-Cho 9 Nov 2026
Diver holding a sun coral

Killing a dangerous coral

Julia Lima 8 Nov 2026
Diver holding a sun coral

These divers are killing a beautiful coral to save Brazil’s marine life

Julia Lima 7 Nov 2026

Scientists discovered an unknown baby right whale off Canada. They say it’s a cause for joy

Associated Press 6 Nov 2026
Fishmonger at the Mercado Central de Atarazanas in Málaga, Spain. Image by Rolf Schotsch via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Mediterranean fisheries commission adopts species management plans but punts on deep-sea protections

Francesco De Augustinis 6 Nov 2026

Singapore sand imports threaten an already sinking Cambodian fishing community, again

Andy Ball 6 Nov 2026

Artificial mangrove roots offer temporary shield for Thailand’s eroding coastline

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2026
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) marine biologist Ong Chai Kee, left, and her colleague Mohd. Sahimi Abdul Rashid collect coral samples at Pulau Redang Marine Park, Malaysia, in September 2025. Image courtesy of Ong Chai Kee.

Microplastics pollute nearly two-thirds of corals in Malaysia’s marine protected area, study finds

Ashley Yeong 4 Nov 2026
Components of the hybrid reef system being installed in Kalaeloa Harbor, which will integrate 60 engineered, concrete reef-mimicking structures with living coral. Image courtesy of Hawaii Department of Transportation.

How a ‘living breakwater’ in Hawai‘i aims to create coral habitat and protect coastline

Jules Struck 4 Nov 2026
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in Antarctica jumping out of the water.

High expectations but no agreement on Antarctic marine protection, krill fishing

Francesco De Augustinis 3 Nov 2026
During a press conference on Oct. 20, 2026, a delegation of small-scale fishers at COP 17 said they felt invisible and ignored as governments pushed ahead with efforts to protect ocean biodiversity that they say sidelined their traditional skills and knowledge.

Governments must include small-scale fishers in their plans to protect the oceans: Report

Mark Hillsdon 3 Nov 2026
Small-scale fishers cast their nets in the waters off the coast of Gambia in March 2025. Image by AP Photo/Grace Ekpu.

New index tracks countries’ vulnerability to conflict between large and small-scale fishers

Edward Carver 2 Nov 2026
The “Mwani Mamas” of Mwani Zanzibar work in the shallow coastal waters, where seaweed farming provides an important source of income for women and their families. These farmers are at the heart of Zanzibar’s seaweed economy. Image courtesy of Kevin Gaines/Kelp Ark.

Zanzibar’s seaweed farmers seek better future through science and partnership (commentary)

Mariam Mwinyi, Jenny Krusoe, Lisa Kurbiel 2 Nov 2026
A nature-based coastal defense and flood-control project in Pamarawan barangay, in Malolos City, in the Philippine province of Bulacan, on Sept. 28, 2026. Image by Oliver Samson for Mongabay.

Philippine village uses nature to defend against floods with bamboo, shells and husks

Oliver Samson 30 Oct 2026
A fisher with an outboard motor on Pemba island, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Adrian Ponsard/WCS.

‘Design conservation with those who will live with it’: 30 by 30 in Africa

Sasha Nunneley 29 Oct 2026
At the beach, Pemba Island. Image courtesy of Adrian Ponsard/WCS.

Pemba’s new marine protected areas show the power of collaboration to meet 30×30 goal

Sasha Nunneley 29 Oct 2026

Fishers in eastern Indonesia struggle as rough seas keep them ashore

Basten Gokkon 29 Oct 2026
Lobe coral (Porites lobata).

Corals keep a record of pollution, pointing to a new monitoring method: Study

Edward Carver 26 Oct 2026

Nearly all the world’s coral reefs are at risk of collapse within 50 years, IUCN warns

David Brown 23 Oct 2026

Googly-eyed buoys and kites help keep seabirds out of fishing nets, study finds

Liz Kimbrough 23 Oct 2026
Dinghies used for halibut fishing in Greenland. Image courtesy of Caroline Bouchard via Wikimedia Commons (free to use).

‘A decision to decide’: Greenland moves to suspend seabed mining until 2029

Shanna Hanbury 22 Oct 2026
A red-Footed booby (Sula sula) chick on an atoll island in the central Indian Ocean.

Seabird guano and native trees keep islands above rising seas: Study

Ruth Kamnitzer 21 Oct 2026
A pod of 30 belugas was transferred from the shuttered park Marineland to various facilities as part of an unprecedented two-month-long rescue. Image © Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez.

Six beluga deaths cast a shadow over rescue from Canada’s Marineland

Spoorthy Raman 21 Oct 2026
A deep-sea cucumber among polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Image courtesy of ROV-Team GEOMAR/ROV KIEL 6000/GEOMAR.

US deep-sea mining claims in Pacific’s high seas now rival the area set aside by international regulator

Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Andrés Alegría 20 Oct 2026
Silky sharks like this one, seen in the Bahamas, occupy important roles high in the food chain, and their loss could spell trouble for oceans.

As silky sharks decline, Costa Rica’s dominant trade faces a reckoning

Alex Megerle 20 Oct 2026

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