Oceans News

Sharks in the coral reefs of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.

Undercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime fighter Andrea Crosta

Philip Jacobson 16 May 2024

‘Drifters of opportunity’: Seabirds track energy in tidal currents

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

Trump Admin moves closer to authorizing oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic coast

Mongabay.com 30 Nov 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury: study

Basten Gokkon 27 Nov 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Human activities are impeding population growth of North Atlantic right whales

Mongabay.com 19 Nov 2018

Panama, Namibia plan to reveal fishing fleet data via online map

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2018

Peru shares its fisheries surveillance data with the world

Yvette Sierra Praeli 16 Nov 2018

High sea levels thousands of years ago aided island formation

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2018

PNG to create 7,500 square kilometers of new marine protected areas in Bismarck Sea

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

A map of Biacou (also spelled Beacou) made by residents of the village shows the location of various protected sites. Click here to enlarge. Image courtesy of RFLP/Sergio Pedroco.

Timor-Leste: With sacrifice and ceremony, tribe sets eco rules

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Nov 2018

Parrotfish, critical to reef health, now protected under Mexican law

John Cannon 7 Nov 2018

A fishing boat in the town of Beheloke in southwestern Madagascar. Image by Rowan Moore Gerety for Mongabay.

Local fishers oppose $2.7 billion deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing

Edward Carver 5 Nov 2018

Call to protect dwindling wilderness ‘before it disappears forever’

John Cannon 1 Nov 2018

Fishing boats in Timor-Leste. Image by Jennifer King/WorldFish.

Timor-Leste: Q&A with a Maubere fisherman on reviving depleted fisheries

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 31 Oct 2018

Layang Layang Atoll, Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

$10bn pledged in new commitments to protect the world’s oceans

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2018

A coral reef system along the coast of northern Mozambique, one of nearly 300 coral reefs in the Western Indian Ocean examined by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and other organizations in a 10-year study that focused on coral diversity and rates from bleaching events. Photo credit: Emily Darling/WCS.

In Bali and beyond: An urgent focus on coral conservation (commentary)

Cristián Samper 29 Oct 2018

Maubere elders in the village of Suco Fatumea draft tara bandu regulations to protect local forests and water sources. Image by Egrilio Ferreira Vincente.

Timor-Leste: Maubere tribes revive customary law to protect the ocean

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 26 Oct 2018

Whales and dolphins change the way they communicate in a noisy ocean

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2018

Scientists map the impact of trawling using satellite vessel tracking

John Cannon 17 Oct 2018

Whales not enough sustenance for polar bears in fast-changing climate

Mongabay.com 10 Oct 2018

The coast of Freedom Island in Metro Manila teems with trash in this photo taken in 2017. Image courtesy of Greenpeace.

Plastic trash from the ‘sachet economy’ chokes the Philippines’ seas

Bong S. Sarmiento 9 Oct 2018

Young right whale dies, likely from entanglement in fishing gear

Mongabay.com 3 Oct 2018

Diverse family of algae could help corals survive warming seas

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2018

Indonesia, a top plastic polluter, mobilizes 20,000 citizens to clean up the mess

Mongabay-indonesia 4 Sep 2018

Coral reef off New Caledonia. Courtesy of Google Earth.

New Caledonia votes to protect coral reefs

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2018

‘Biological passports’ show whale sharks travel less than we thought

Mongabay.com 15 Aug 2018

A bucket of fish at a market in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay

Technological breakthroughs are changing how researchers observe the world’s fishing fleet

Nadine Freischlad 14 Aug 2018

Predatory coral bring down jellyfish by working together

Mongabay.com 14 Aug 2018

Ocean acidity stifles coral-anchored communities

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018

Global marine wilderness has dwindled to 13 percent, new map reveals

John Cannon 26 Jul 2018

As planned excise flops, Indonesia ponders how to give up plastic bags

Basten Gokkon 23 Jul 2018

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2018

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