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Film that fish: Stereo-video speeds surveys of marine fish communities

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 5 Jul 2019

Researchers discover right whales singing for the first time ever

Mongabay.com 28 Jun 2019

Why sustainability should be on your plate when you travel (commentary)

Isolina Boto 19 Jun 2019

Predator-free by 2050? High-tech hopes for New Zealand’s big conservation dream

Monica Evans 13 Jun 2019

For artisanal fishers, fish fences are an easy, but problematic, option

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019

Models, maps, and citizen scientists working to save the Great Barrier Reef

Marianne Messina 14 May 2019

Counting on eDNA for a faster, easier way to count coral

Stephanie Parker 8 May 2019

‘To save a forest you have to destroy a nicer one’: U.S. Marines target forest in Guam

Nina Finley 8 May 2019
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Building the world’s biggest MPA: Q&A with Goldman winner Jacqueline Evans

Monica Evans 30 Apr 2019

An epic Pacific survey reveals mixed fortunes for green and hawksbill turtles

Malavika Vyawahare 29 Apr 2019
Coral garden on the bow of the Saratoga. Photo by Greg Asner.

Guns, Corals and Steel: Are Nuclear Shipwrecks a Biodiversity Hotspot?

Greg Asner 28 Apr 2019

Ocean winds, wave heights have increased around the world

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Waters off Galápagos have way more alien species than previously known

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2019

Crab season to be cut short in California to protect whales and turtles

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

New research teases apart complex effects of naval sonar on whales

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Study maps where tunas, sharks and fishing ships meet

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2019

Tear down the dams: New coalition strives to enshrine rights of orcas

Gianluca Cerullo 19 Mar 2019

Possible vaquita death accompanies announcement that only 10 are left

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2019

Blue whales remember best times and places to find prey

Mongabay.com 26 Feb 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019

In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation

John Cannon 19 Feb 2019

Wisdom, world’s oldest known wild bird, is a mother again at 68

Mongabay.com 13 Feb 2019
Image via Putneypics/Flickr.

Indigenous peoples unite in fight to heal the Salish Sea

Lauren Crothers 1 Feb 2019

Solomon Islands province bans logging in bid to protect environment

Mongabay.com 21 Jan 2019

Cyclone harmed Fijian crab fishery in 2016, research finds

Mongabay.com 3 Jan 2019

Japan leaving IWC, to resume commercial whaling

Mongabay.com 26 Dec 2018
Marine life in Papua New Guinea. Image by martinnemo via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

After the loss of a ship, deep sea mining plans for PNG founder

David Hutt 26 Dec 2018

Every sea turtle in global study found to have synthetic fibers and microplastics in their guts

Mike Gaworecki 21 Dec 2018

Whale stress levels influenced by human activity, earwax study suggests

Mongabay.com 28 Nov 2018

Filling in the gaps: Managing endangered species on the high seas

Marianne Messina 23 Nov 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Are deep sea reefs really a lifeboat for our vanishing corals?

Emily Clark 7 Nov 2018

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