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Ocean acidification pushing young oysters into ‘death race’

Pacific islanders are the ‘victims of industrial countries unable to control their carbon dioxide emissions’

Industrialized fishing has forced seabirds to change what they eat

The world’s largest ‘waste dump’ is found in the Pacific Ocean

Saviors or villains: controversy erupts as New Zealand plans to drop poison over Critically Endangered frog habitat

Humans killed over 10 percent of the world’s bird species when they colonized the Pacific Islands

Heavy metal shark meat: dangerous lead levels found in sharks used as fish food

The Role of Science for Conservation – book review

U.S. Admiral: climate change, not North Korea, biggest threat in the Pacific

Extinction warning: racing to save the little dodo from its cousin’s fate

Leatherback sea turtles suffer 78 percent decline at critical nesting sites in Pacific

Arachnopocalypse: with birds away, the spiders play in Guam

Solomon Islands’ export of ‘captive-bred’ birds deemed to be a farce

Navy discovers 10,000-sq mile patch of floating rock in South Pacific (photos)

Controversial deep sea mining project approved in Papua New Guinea, first of its kind

Lonesome George passes, taking unique subspecies with him

‘Time pollution’: loss of predators pushes nocturnal fish to take advantage of the day

Forgotten Species: the wonder-inducing giant clam

Why bird droppings matter to manta rays: discovering unknown ecological connections

Leatherback sea turtles granted massive protected area along U.S. west coast

New book series hopes to inspire research in world’s ‘hottest biodiversity hotspot’

Featured video: tuna industry bycatch includes sea turtles, dolphins, whales

Marshall Islands creates world’s biggest shark park

New seabird discovered from Hawaii, but no one knows where it lives

New species is eel-equivalent of the coelacanth

Environmental law landmark: island nation challenges faraway coal plant for climate impact

Left alive and wild, a single shark worth $1.9 million

Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing

Scientists follow rise of mercury pollution in seabird feathers

Expedition granted?: hoping to save nearly-extinct seals through National Geographic contest

5 million hectares of Papua New Guinea forests handed to foreign corporations

Mitsubishi and Walmart agree to clean up fish sourcing practices

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