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Former Miss South Pacific steps into new conservation role

Amy West 15 May 2014

Tipping point already reached? West Antarctica in slow-motion, unstoppable melt

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2014

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

Jeremy Hance 14 May 2014

NASA data: 1997 all over again for Indonesia?

Mongabay.com 14 May 2014

Coral could prevent HIV: newly discovered protein blocks infection

Morgan Erickson-Davis 9 May 2014

Underwater horrors: shells of marine life melting off the coast of the U.S.

Jeremy Hance 8 May 2014

New Caledonia officially creates world’s largest protected area (photos)

Mongabay.com 2 May 2014

Japan changes its mind about Antarctic whaling ban, plans to continue hunts in 2015

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Apr 2014

Weird and mysterious: scientists find new shark species

Chris Samoray 16 Apr 2014

Collateral damage: new findings shed light on the full impact of commercial fishing

Nicholas Barrett 9 Apr 2014

Extinction crisis: rising sea levels will submerge thousands of islands

Bobbie Edwards 8 Apr 2014

Is 20 millions tons enough? Scientists recommend plastic crackdown as oceans choke

Chris Samoray 2 Apr 2014

Court partially stops Japan’s ‘scientific’ whaling, but Pacific harvests to continue

Morgan Erickson-Davis 1 Apr 2014

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

Revealed for the first time: the surprising biodiversity of algae ‘reefs’

Morgan Erickson-Davis 28 Mar 2014

3 environmental reporting prize winners to explore drivers of deforestation, community forestry, and sustainable seafood in China

Mongabay.org 19 Mar 2014

A Turtle’s Tale: researchers discover baby turtles’ kindergarten (photos)

Tanya Dimitrova 14 Mar 2014

Scientists spy on whales from space

Jeremy Hance 11 Mar 2014

Does haze from burning forests affect marine life?

Jeremy Hance 10 Mar 2014

Offshore wind farms could blunt hurricane damage

Loren Bell 28 Feb 2014

Wonderful Creatures: the tiny, predatory penis-worm that lies in wait in the sand

Ross Piper 28 Feb 2014

Saving sharks one sandwich at a time: conservationists target ‘shark bake’

Elizabeth Devitt 28 Feb 2014

Plastic waste ingested by worms threatens marine food chains

Nicholas Barrett 26 Feb 2014

Corals thriving despite acidified conditions in remote Pacific bay

Tanya Dimitrova 25 Feb 2014

Ocean acidifying 10 times faster than anytime in the last 55 million years, putting polar ecosystems at risk

Claire Salisbury 24 Feb 2014

Indonesia pledges to protect manta rays

Loren Bell 21 Feb 2014

Scientists discover new whale species

Jeremy Hance 14 Feb 2014

Wonderful Creatures: the bizarre-looking marine worm with an incredibly important ecological role

Ross Piper 13 Feb 2014

Incredible encounter: whales devour European eels in the darkness of the ocean depths

Jeremy Hance 11 Feb 2014

Study: 59% of Marine Protected Areas are ineffective

Loren Bell 10 Feb 2014

35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2014

Scientists discover new eagle ray imperiled by Japanese pest program (photos)

Jeremy Hance 30 Jan 2014

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