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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

Indonesia must do more to protect whale sharks, conservationists say

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 23 Aug 2016

Kelp and sardines in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in California. Photo courtesy of NOAA's National Ocean Service

Could kelp forests keep ocean acidification at bay?

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2016

An atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), at the Atlanterhavsparken aquarium in Ålesund, Norway. Photo by Hans-Petter Fjeld via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA).

Fish-farm escapees are weakening Norwegian wild salmon genetics

Melati Kaye 10 Aug 2016

Should you be concerned about plastic and other human debris in your seafood?

Mike Gaworecki 8 Aug 2016

Like Indonesia, Malaysia to sink illegal foreign fishing boats: minister

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2016

New species of orange-red scorpionfish discovered in the Caribbean

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jul 2016

A mangrove forest in Daintree, Australia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

On World Mangrove Day, 9 things to know about these tough plants

Melati Kaye 26 Jul 2016

Mexico bans gillnets to protect rare vaquita porpoise

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Jul 2016

Whale sharks inch closer to extinction

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 2016

Looks like Casper: Expedition captures first-ever live footage of ghostlike fish

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Jul 2016

South China Sea ruling slams China for poaching, reef destruction

David Brown 14 Jul 2016

Warming seas causing massive die-off of Australia’s reef forests

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Jul 2016

Widespread coral bleaching event to hit US hard for third straight year

Shreya Dasgupta 21 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

Malaysia gets its largest marine park

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jun 2016

International treaty targeting illegal fishing takes effect

Alexandra Ossola 3 Jun 2016

The dark side of China’s foreign fishing boom

Cory Rogers 2 Jun 2016

Photos: the people of Indonesia’s marine protected areas

Monagbay.com 2 Jun 2016

Scientists puzzled by slowing of Atlantic conveyor belt, warn of abrupt climate change

Mike Gaworecki 27 May 2016

Biodiversity makes reef fish more resilient in the face of climate change, research confirms

Mike Gaworecki 16 May 2016

Only 60 vaquita porpoises remain in the world

Shreya Dasgupta 16 May 2016

‘Heart wrenching’: India’s coral reefs experiencing widespread bleaching, scientist says

Shreya Dasgupta 11 May 2016

A massive fish die-off. Image via EPA.

Taiwanese chemical spill thought to cause mass fish die-off in Vietnam

David Brown 3 May 2016

Scientists just discovered an Amazon reef system in an area targeted for oil exploration

Mike Gaworecki 22 Apr 2016

Four dams to be removed from Klamath River in Oregon and California

Mike Gaworecki 15 Apr 2016

New ways to fight human-rights abuses in the global seafood industry

Ret Talbot 14 Apr 2016

Last best place on earth: Who will save the Caribbean’s great coral reef?

Justin Catanoso 14 Apr 2016

The vaquita could go extinct this year as totoaba poaching continues to increase

Mike Gaworecki 13 Apr 2016

First round of UN negotiations to regulate high seas fishing concludes

Alexandra Ossola 8 Apr 2016

Scientists say we need to be far more ambitious about protecting oceans

Mike Gaworecki 8 Apr 2016

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

Cory Rogers 6 Apr 2016

Critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are in even more trouble than scientists thought

Mike Gaworecki 5 Apr 2016

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