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Military base-building destroys coral reefs in the South China Sea

Greg Asner 26 Mar 2017

2016’s top 10 developments for the world’s oceans

Caroline Jablonicky, Douglas McCauley 28 Dec 2016

Over 50% of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea are at risk of extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Dec 2016

A data trove to support a hoped-for shark sanctuary in Indonesia

Marge Segre 18 Nov 2016

CITES CoP17 closes after key votes on elephants, lions, pangolins, rosewood, and more

Mike Gaworecki 5 Oct 2016

Leonardo DiCaprio launches global campaign to protect sharks and rays

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Sep 2016

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

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

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Aug 2016

Whale sharks inch closer to extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 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
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

Top 10 stories you should be aware of this World Oceans Day, according to Carl Safina

Mike Gaworecki 8 Jun 2016

Sharks have personalities just like you and me

Mike Gaworecki 1 Jun 2016

Tracking technologies help to identify key marine areas for basking sharks

Katie Taylor 16 Feb 2016

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

Becca Cudmore, Shreya Dasgupta 27 Nov 2015

Could these technologies reduce shark attacks and culls?

Roz Evans 19 Nov 2015

Mystery sharks captured in New Guinea river

Mike Gaworecki 12 Nov 2015

Galapagos “gold rush” feeds global hunger for shark fins, sea cucumbers

Sean Mowbray 5 Nov 2015

Scientists launch global shark and ray census

Kolawole Talabi 2 Nov 2015

Cuba moves to protect sharks

Mongabay 26 Oct 2015

Shrinking Indonesian shark fisheries spur a national action plan

Melati Kaye 20 Aug 2015

Fracas over Costa Rican shark-fin exports leads American Airlines to stop shipping fins

Mrinalini Erkenswick Watsa 24 Apr 2015

Madagascar establishes a sanctuary for sharks

Mongabay.com 6 Feb 2015

Shark pups may not survive climate change

Leslie Willoughby 1 Dec 2014

Demand for shark fin plunging

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2014

Weird and mysterious: scientists find new shark species

Chris Samoray 16 Apr 2014

Saving sharks one sandwich at a time: conservationists target ‘shark bake’

Elizabeth Devitt 28 Feb 2014

35 pictures of the sharkfin trade that will shock and dismay you

Mongabay.com 7 Feb 2014

Investigation finds Chinese factory slaughters 600 whale sharks a year

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2014

One quarter of sharks and rays threatened with extinction

Loren Bell 22 Jan 2014

The smoothtooth blacktip shark and four other species rediscovered in markets

Frank Izaguirre 21 Jan 2014

Environmental groups: top secret Pacific trade agreement to sacrifice wildlife, environment

Jeremy Hance 16 Jan 2014

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