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Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests

Liz Kimbrough 26 Nov 2025

COP30: What did it deliver for the ocean?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Nov 2025

Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection

Elizabeth Oliveira 24 Nov 2025
People displaced by fighting in Cabo Delgado province, where Palma is located. Image courtesy of Mauricio Bisol/UNICEF.

TotalEnergies faces criminal complaint in France over alleged massacre in Mozambique

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Nov 2025
A sea otter

‘Forever chemical’ contamination could undermine sea otters’ fragile recovery in Canada

Edward Carver 21 Nov 2025
Oceanic white tip shark. Image courtesy of Mark Royer, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)

David Shiffman 20 Nov 2025
Nassau grouper.

Study finds important Nassau grouper spawning site in Belize near collapse

Marco Lopez 20 Nov 2025
A turtle consumes a plastic bag.

Lethal dose of plastic for seabirds and marine animals ‘much smaller than expected’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Nov 2025

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says

Lucas Berti 18 Nov 2025
Pyramid butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) around the island of Bali in Indonesia.

Trade in marine fish for aquariums includes threatened species, lacks oversight: Study

Edward Carver 18 Nov 2025
A coral grouper in a Mozambique coral reef.

Construction of TotalEnergies pipeline cuts through coral reefs in Mozambique

Victoria Schneider 18 Nov 2025

Study maps whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesia, highlights conservation needs

Basten Gokkon 18 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

Pakistan declares its third marine protected area, but has a long way to go

Ayaz Khan 17 Nov 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Are Belize’s fisheries policies delivering?

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Nov 2025
Humpback whale tail, Reunion Island. Image courtesy of François Baelen/Ocean Image Bank.

Mongabay launches dedicated Oceans Desk to expand global reporting on marine ecosystems

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2025
Fishing boats with nets, Grenada, Caribbean Credit: Hugh Whyte / Ocean Image Bank.

Embrace ‘blue’ foods as a climate strategy at COP30, fisheries ministers say (commentary)

André de Paula, Salvador Malheiro 11 Nov 2025
Algal bloom in the Baltic Sea on July 20, 2019.

‘Not good’: Ocean losing its greenness, threatening food webs

Edward Carver 10 Nov 2025
Rainforest, reef, and ocean on Maratua Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Three tracks to rescue 1.5°C: fossil exit, forest protection, and nature’s carbon (commentary)

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho 8 Nov 2025

Expedition charts Cook Islands seafloor, amid scrutiny over mining motives

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 6 Nov 2025

Researchers define the importance of the ‘circular seabird economy’

Bobby Bascomb 6 Nov 2025

Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2025
Satellite images of the chemical spill in Bais Bay. Images courtesy of Sentinel-2L2A.

Ethanol plant spills harmful wastewater into Philippine marine reserve

Mongabay.com 5 Nov 2025
A humpback whale fluke.

Antarctic conservation summit closes with stalemate on MPAs & krill fishing rules

Francesco De Augustinis 4 Nov 2025
Trawlers docked outside Sihanoukville. Screenshot from ‘Illegal fishing and land grabs push Cambodian coastal communities to the brink’ by Andy Ball / Mongabay.

Chaos on Cambodia’s Coast

Mongabay.com 3 Nov 2025
Corals and fish in Lighthouse Reef atoll, Belize.

Belize’s blue reputation vs. reef reality: Marine conservation wins, and what’s missing (commentary)

Rhett Ayers Butler 31 Oct 2025

Night dives reveal hidden alliances between young fish and larval anemones

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 31 Oct 2025

Scientists map Italy’s entire coast to guide seagrass and marine recovery

Manuela Callari 31 Oct 2025
The Arctic is undergoing rapid dramatic changes due to climate change.

Stronger arctic cyclones speed up polar melting, impacting global weather

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2025

On first International Day of the Deep Seabed, we seek stewardship and consensus (commentary)

Leticia Carvalho 30 Oct 2025
A turkey moray in a coral reef in Mauritius.

In Mauritius, an NGO is tracking the sex life of corals to save them

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2025

Mauritius rethinks coral restoration as reefs suffer from another mass bleaching

Malavika Vyawahare 30 Oct 2025

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