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Using satellite data recently made public, conservationists may be able to manage the massive industry. National Geographic LINK

Plastic Planet is a series on the global plastics crisis that evaluates the environmental and human costs and considers possible...

We expect to see a wide range of endangered species in the news this coming year, but few will face threats so urgently as the vaquita...

By ICUN Our Oceans, Our Lifeline Oceans cover about 70% of the earth. They are a significant source of oxygen for our planet and are...

Paul Thompson : Ecologist This is a big deal, Why ? It's well documented that snorkelling with whales causes “avoidance behaviour” and...

By Richard Bilbao  – Senior staff writer, Orlando Business Journal Oct 11, 2019 https://www.bizjournals.com/# One of the goals SeaWorld...

John Podesta served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and counselor to President Barack Obama. Over the past year, the movement...

“WITHOUT CHANGE,” warns a bipartisan group of senators, “there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the oceans by 2050. READ FULL...

Pollution is now as dense in the northernmost ocean as it is in the Atlantic and Pacific. The Arctic Ocean is small, shallow, and—most...

The Vancouver Park Board voted unanimously Thursday night to end cetacean captivity at Vancouver Aquarium. After two nights of debate,...

Can you imagine being born into prison? You spend all your days behind bars with other miserable jail mates. Sometimes they become...

8 MARCH 2017 - 1:32PM According to a documentary shown on Norwegian TV about 90% of minke whales hunted and killed by Norwegian whaling...

They’re mistakenly regarded as monsters of the sea, with scary films like “Jaws” all about them unleashing terror on people. But it’s...

Batu whale will not sail this summer. mbl.is/ Julius Sigurjónsson No whaling, the Ministry of whales hf. this summer. According to...

An aerial view of Heart Reef, a small part of the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, Australia The Great Barrier Reef has been declared...

A moulin, or drainage passageway, inside the crater on the Roi Baudouin ice shelf in Antarctica. (Sanne Bosteels) A "crater" in...

One of the “voracious” invertebrate seafloor beasties that Jamieson and colleagues tested for POP contamination. Enlarged to show...

WDC believes that science and practical conservation research is a fundamental tool that enables the development of effective policy and...

Polar bears are facing trouble inside and out. The animals are losing habitat as global warming melts sea ice. Now a study shows bears’...

A sick goose-beaked whale was found in Sotra, Norway on Saturday. It was so sick that it had to be euthanized, reports NRK. When...