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Soil carbon could be key to protecting global biodiversity and climate at same time

Mike Gaworecki 24 Feb 2016

Aquaculture comes to Lake Victoria, but will it help wild fish?

Isaiah Esipisu 22 Feb 2016

Ubiquitous microplastic pollution in oceans found to disrupt oyster reproduction

Mike Gaworecki 17 Feb 2016

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Feb 2016

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Feb 2016

Managing fish stock –and fishermen– along Brazil’s Canaticu River

Jenny Gonzales 2 Feb 2016

The week in environmental news – Jan 22, 2016

Brittany Stewart 22 Jan 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio puts millions toward nature conservation

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2016

Popular pet fish listed as “threatened” under Endangered Species Act

Ret Talbot 21 Jan 2016

32 million metric tons of global fish catch goes unreported every year, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Jan 2016

Quantifying the aquarium trade to help it become more sustainable

Ret Talbot 20 Jan 2016

Indonesia’s ore-smelting ambitions augur rain of poison in Sulawesi

Melati Kaye 19 Jan 2016

Release herpes virus to kill invasive carp in Australia, groups urge

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jan 2016

Are prosthetic reefs the answer to Indonesia’s coral die-off?

Melati Kaye 14 Jan 2016

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Jan 2016

New study identifies acoustic sanctuaries for marine mammals

Mike DiGirolamo 12 Jan 2016

Peru to protect world’s largest-known population of giant Manta Rays

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Jan 2016

Marine protected areas are helping the Mesoamerican Reef recover

Mike Gaworecki 6 Jan 2016

Giving the handfish a hand

Caleb O'Brien 31 Dec 2015

2015’s top 10 developments for the ocean

Douglas McCauley 31 Dec 2015

Needed: Old-age homes for coral reef fish

Sandra Cuffe 31 Dec 2015

Giant squid caught on video in Japanese harbor

Mongabay.com 28 Dec 2015

Creating a commons: sustainable fishing and hunting in the Colombian Amazon

David Barton Bray 23 Dec 2015

Belize bans offshore oil drilling along barrier reef system

Sandra Cuffe 18 Dec 2015

The week in environmental news – Dec 12, 2015

Brittany Stewart 12 Dec 2015

Organized crime role in Latin American wildlife trade hidden in shadow

Saul Elbein 2 Dec 2015

Australia launches shark-tracking drones and ‘smart’ drum lines to prevent shark attacks

Becca Cudmore, Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2015

Crab fishermen train as first responders for entangled whales

Kim Smuga-Otto 24 Nov 2015
Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the future site of the hydroelectric dam. The falls will be flooded in 2017. Photo by Amina Schartup.

New dams may expose Canadian seafood consumers to higher levels of neurotoxin

Emily Benson 23 Nov 2015

South African ranchers propose controversial plan to save our rhinos

Brittany Stewart 20 Nov 2015
A kelp forest off the California Coast, where pockets of full protection alternate with zones allowing limited fishing. Photo by Greg Asner.

Ocean protections drift behind those on land, but science can help

Natalie Jacewicz 20 Nov 2015

Trouble in paradise: Wakatobi’s ‘sea gypsies’ adjust to life in a marine park

Melati Kaye 20 Nov 2015

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