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Shark fisheries hunting dolphins, other marine mammals as bait: Study

Basten Gokkon 13 Jun 2018

Hunting, fishing causing dramatic decline in Amazon river dolphins

Claire Asher 13 Jun 2018

How soundscapes are helping us better understand animal behavior and landscape ecology

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jun 2018

Citigroup limits financing for mines that dump tailings at sea

Jim Tan 12 Jun 2018
The Carnegie Airborne Observatory off the coast of the Dominican Republic. Image by Eddie Roqueta for Mongabay.

Super plane, satellites help map the Caribbean’s hidden coral reefs

Alex Fox 8 Jun 2018

Innovative ideas sought for new conservation tech prize

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 8 Jun 2018

Bust of shark smugglers in Galápagos waters leads to breakthrough in global transshipment data

Nadine Freischlad 8 Jun 2018

Government subsidies serving to prop up destructive high-seas fishing: study

Basten Gokkon 8 Jun 2018
Planet satellite image of coral off Belize's Lighthouse Reef. Taken March 28, 2018.

A global coral reef monitoring system is coming soon

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2018

Indonesia targets illegal fishing vessel owners under new bill

Basten Gokkon 31 May 2018

Fishing gear poses the greatest danger to young great whites off the West Coast of the U.S.

John Cannon 22 May 2018

Sylvia Earle on why we must act now to save the oceans

Mike Gaworecki 15 May 2018

Scientists highlight 9 potentially new reef fish species off West Papua

Wahyu Chandra 14 May 2018

Longest recorded whale shark migration eclipses 20,000 kilometers

Mongabay.com 14 May 2018

A boon for birds: Once overlooked, China’s mudflats gain protections

Benjamin Graham 11 May 2018

South Georgia declared ‘rat-free’ in largest-ever rodent eradication program

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2018

Humpback whales near Antarctica making a comeback, study finds

Mongabay.com 8 May 2018

Noisy reefs help young fish find their home

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 4 May 2018

Australia to invest $379 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef

Mongabay.com 3 May 2018

New study finds mangroves may store way more carbon than we thought

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 May 2018

More than 800 totoaba swim bladders confiscated by Mexican authorities in smuggling busts

John Cannon 1 May 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2018

One-stop shop for digital global maps launched

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 30 Apr 2018

‘We are going to self-destruct’: Development plans threaten Malaysian island

Kate Mayberry 30 Apr 2018

Photos: Meet the 2018 ‘Green Oscars’ winners

Mongabay.com 27 Apr 2018

Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal fishing is paying off, study finds

Basten Gokkon 23 Apr 2018

Conservation Effectiveness series sparks action, dialogue

Shreya Dasgupta, Zuzana Burivalova 23 Apr 2018

Island logging must go beyond current ‘best practices’ to avoid erosion: New study

Mongabay.com 23 Apr 2018
Sea lamprey caught during testing of a fish passage at the Afsluitdijk dike in the Netherlands. Image ©Ben Griffioen-WUR/IMARES.

Fish tales: Six amazing journeys to celebrate World Fish Migration Day

John Waldman 20 Apr 2018

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2018

Earth Day founding organizer calls for end to plastic pollution

Erik Hoffner 18 Apr 2018

‘Boom and bust’ cycle of deep-sea trawling unsustainable, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Apr 2018

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