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400-year-old Greenland shark might be oldest vertebrate on Earth

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016
Kelp and sardines in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in California. Photo courtesy of NOAA's National Ocean Service

Could kelp forests keep ocean acidification at bay?

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2016
An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016

From Boom to Glug glug: Indonesia’s new anti-poacher policy

Melati Kaye 9 Aug 2016

Sites targeted for deep-sea mining teeming with new species

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Aug 2016

Should you be concerned about plastic and other human debris in your seafood?

Mike Gaworecki 8 Aug 2016

Humpback whales rescue seals and other animals from killer whales

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Aug 2016

Indonesian fisheries czar promises to end subsidized fuel scam

Mongabay.com 4 Aug 2016

Manatees to make a comeback in Guadeloupe for the first time in over a century

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink illegal foreign fishing boats: minister

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2016

Rio Olympic organizers fail to meet all environmental goals

Jenny Gonzales 28 Jul 2016

New species of orange-red scorpionfish discovered in the Caribbean

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jul 2016

The ‘raven’ whale: scientists uncover new beaked whale

Jeremy Hance 27 Jul 2016
A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jul 2016

Fish farms need not be outlawed in Indonesia’s Lake Toba: minister

Aria Danaparamita 25 Jul 2016

Military sent to clear fish farms in Indonesia’s Lake Toba

Aria Danaparamita 22 Jul 2016

Whale sharks inch closer to extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 2016

Looks like Casper: Expedition captures first-ever live footage of ghostlike fish

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 2016

9 new natural sites added to World Heritage List

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Jul 2016

South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction

David E. Brown 14 Jul 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

Fish kills at Amazon’s Belo Monte dam point up builder’s failures

Sue Branford 13 Jul 2016

Three Cambodian activists convicted and heavily fined — but free

Rod Harbinson 6 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
Protesters target Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport in May. Courtesy of WildAid

Cathay Pacific bans shark fin shipments

Mongabay.com 27 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

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