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Banner image of the underwater Borealis Mud Volcano, courtesy of Jørn Berger-Nyvoll/UiT.

Underwater volcano in Barents Sea reveals diverse marine life, study finds

Kristine Sabillo 3 Feb 2025
Banner image of a black-tailed prairie dog by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

As global genetic diversity declines, conservation efforts offer some hope

Kristine Sabillo 31 Jan 2025

Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jan 2025
An entangled fish

Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand

Carolyn Cowan 30 Jan 2025

Marshall Islands protects ‘pristine’ Pacific corals with first marine sanctuary

Shanna Hanbury 28 Jan 2025
Mangrove restoration, Jiquilisco Bay, El Salvador. Image courtesy of Mangrove Action Project.

Lessons from successful mangrove forest restoration in El Salvador (analysis)

Alfredo Quarto 27 Jan 2025
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with federal, state and nonprofit partners to restore endangered Atlantic salmon to the Penobscot River watershed in Maine.

Salmon farms under fire on U.S. East Coast after being shuttered on West Coast

Edward Carver 24 Jan 2025

In Panama, major port construction begins at key mangrove site

Maxwell Radwin 23 Jan 2025

Fishing boats spotted competing with whales in Antarctica for krill

Bobby Bascomb 21 Jan 2025
Banner image of Bathynomus vaderi’s head, courtesy of Nguyen Thanh Son

The force is strong with new giant ‘Darth Vader’ sea bug found off Vietnam

Kristine Sabillo 20 Jan 2025
A group of Lokiaka Community Development Centre volunteers.

Ogoni women restore mangroves and livelihoods in oil-rich Niger Delta

Aimee Gabay 16 Jan 2025

Global ocean temperatures set new record in 2024

Edward Carver 15 Jan 2025
Banner image of Cyclone Dikeledi passing by northern Madagascar. Satellite image by NASA via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

No respite for storm-hit Mayotte, southeast Africa as new cyclone bears down

Kristine Sabillo 14 Jan 2025
A moray eel in the coral reefs of the Daymaniyat Islands, Oman.

2024’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Alfredo Giron, Ana K. Spalding, Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Asha de Vos, Cinda P. Scott, Josheena Naggea, Juan José Alava, Olivia Milloway, Rita Maria el Zaghloul 8 Jan 2025
An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Atlantic puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light, new study shows

Spoorthy Raman 7 Jan 2025
Narwhal image by Газпром нефть via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

We need a North Pole Marine Reserve to secure a healthy future for Arctic waters (commentary)

Graeme Chesters 6 Jan 2025

Climate change fueled record extreme weather events in 2024

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jan 2025
A bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae).

New evidence spells massive trouble for world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras

Spoorthy Raman 2 Jan 2025

South Australia bans fishing of many sharks and rays in its waters

Mongabay.com 2 Jan 2025

Sunken ships in Sri Lanka’s Colombo attract more fish than coral reefs

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Dec 2024

Road to recovery: Wild animals staging a comeback in 2024

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Dec 2024
Banner image: A sea turtle swims over a coral reef off the coast of Australia. Image by Jordan Robins via Ocean Image Bank.

Marine protection efforts in 2024 were still a drop in the ocean

Bobby Bascomb 30 Dec 2024
Members of the El Delgadito fishing community planting red mangroves.

After trial and error, Mexican fishers find key to reforesting a mangrove haven

Aimee Gabay 27 Dec 2024
The 2024 paper proposes Leopardus pardinoides, or the clouded tiger cat, as a new species. This small wildcat is found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, south to Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Image courtesy of Johanes Pfleiderer. Article title - A tiger cat gains new species designation, but conservation challenges remain

Photos: Top new species from 2024

Liz Kimbrough 26 Dec 2024

Mauritius reopens talks with U.K. on controversial Chagos deal

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Dec 2024

Pacific’s ‘Blob’ heat wave killed millions more seabirds than thought: Study

Edward Carver 26 Dec 2024

‘These stories deserve to be told’: Shining a light on secretive fisheries managers

Mike DiGirolamo 23 Dec 2024
The world’s oceans naturally absorb vast amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Electrochemical removal of ocean CO2 offers potential — and concerns

Sean Mowbray 20 Dec 2024

Coral destruction for toilet construction: Interview with a Malagasy fisher

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 20 Dec 2024

Almost extinct Caribbean lizard makes a comeback after island restoration

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Dec 2024

A port is destroying corals to expand. Can an NGO rescue enough to matter?

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 19 Dec 2024

European Commission to review Greek oil activity permits in whale habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2024

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