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Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

5 Tech Projects That Are Protecting Sharks

Taylor Robb-McCord 30 Jun 2016

Amid illegal fishing crackdown, Indonesia to buoy legal catch

Cory Rogers, M Ambari 30 Jun 2016

Widespread coral bleaching event to hit US hard for third straight year

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jun 2016
A still of juvenile blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) from the baited Go-Pro rig that researchers set in the waters of the Daram no-take zone in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Vanessa Jaiteh.

Protected areas grow populations of shark — and disenfranchised fishers

Melati Kaye 15 Jun 2016

Drink beer, help the ocean?

Julia John 14 Jun 2016

Malaysia gets its largest marine park

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2016
Illegal forest clearingfor oil palm in Riau Province. Photo by Rhett A Butler

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

Philip Jacobson 12 Jun 2016

Top 10 stories you should be aware of this World Oceans Day, according to Carl Safina

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jun 2016

How do we keep the oceans from becoming the world’s plastic trash can?

Annie Shapiro 8 Jun 2016

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom

Cory Rogers 2 Jun 2016

Photos: the people of Indonesia’s marine protected areas

Mongabay 2 Jun 2016

Sharks have personalities just like you and me

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2016

Scientists puzzled by slowing of Atlantic conveyor belt, warn of abrupt climate change

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2016

One-third of North America’s birds at risk of extinction, report says

Shreya Dasgupta 23 May 2016

Shell spills 88,200 gallons of oil into Gulf of Mexico

Shreya Dasgupta 20 May 2016

Hard labor in India’s fisheries: an interview with researcher Divya Karnad

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

From Soup to Superstar: the story of sea turtle conservation along the Indian coast – book review

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

Company responsible for last year’s oil spill near Santa Barbara, California hit with criminal charges

Mike Gaworecki 17 May 2016

Biodiversity makes reef fish more resilient in the face of climate change, research confirms

Mike Gaworecki 16 May 2016

Only 60 vaquita porpoises remain in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 16 May 2016

‘Heart wrenching’: India’s coral reefs experiencing widespread bleaching, scientist says

Shreya Dasgupta 11 May 2016

Five Pacific islands have already disappeared due to sea level rise

Mike Gaworecki 10 May 2016

Lake Maracaibo: an oil development sacrifice zone dying from neglect

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 3 May 2016
A massive fish die-off. Image via EPA.

Taiwanese chemical spill thought to cause mass fish die-off in Vietnam

David E. Brown 3 May 2016

Scientists just discovered an Amazon reef system in an area targeted for oil exploration

Mike Gaworecki 22 Apr 2016

Hundreds of baby dolphin deaths linked to BP oil spill

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Apr 2016

New ways to fight human-rights abuses in the global seafood industry

Ret Talbot 14 Apr 2016

Last best place on earth: Who will save the Caribbean’s great coral reef?

Justin Catanoso 14 Apr 2016

Fishing nets kill ‘high proportion’ of adult loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Apr 2016

Climate change is drying up small islands, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2016

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