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A humpback whale feeds on Antarctic krill in Fournier Bay of the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Chris Johnson/WWF-AUS

Charting Whale ‘Superhighways’ for Conservation

By Teresa Tomassoni

Researcher Alyssa Gehman from the Hakai Institute counts and measures sunflower sea stars in Burke Channel on the Central Coast of British Columbia. Credit: Bennett Whitnell/Hakai Institute

Scientists Pinpoint Cause of Massive Sea Star Die-Offs, and Suspect a Link to Global Warming 

By Bob Berwyn

Tourists snorkel next to a whale shark in a protected area at Bahía de La Paz on January 25, 2021, in La Paz, Mexico. Credit: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

Marine Tourism in Mexico Remains Damaging to Wildlife Despite Regulations, Research Finds

By Andrés Muedano

A green sea turtle rests in the Galapagos. Credit: Carlos Espinosa/Charles Darwin Foundation

At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas

By Teresa Tomassoni

Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho from the Kingdom of Tonga speaks at the One Ocean Science Congress on June 4 ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, France. Credit: Stephane Lesbats/Ifremer

Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales

By Katie Surma

A woman stands with a bucket of mussels in front of the sea at Magoito Beach in Portugal. Credit: Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images

The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels  Earlier Than Scientists Thought

By Georgina Gustin

Workers handle a fishing net next to a commercial trawler docked at the port of Nea Michaniona in northern Greece on May 22. Credit: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images

UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea

By Teresa Tomassoni

Credit: Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

Lifeblood for Pacific Islands Threatened as Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East

By Nathan Eagle, Honolulu Civil Beat

Fishermen sort their catch from a trawl fishery on a fishing boat in the Port of Molfetta on Dec. 1, 2023. Credit: Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Top Ocean Experts Sound the Alarm Over Growing Marine Crisis Due To Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni

A Florida manatee is seen at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Keith Ramos/USFWS

Trump Administration Faces Legal Action Over Federal Cuts’ Impact on Manatees

By Amy Green

Marine biologist Diva Amon explores the deep sea around the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Rocks in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil. Credit: Novus Select/bioGraphic

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law

By Teresa Tomassoni

Staff at the International Bird Rescue in Los Angeles examine a sick brown pelican suffering from domoic acid poisoning. Credit: Ariana-Gastelum, courtesy of the International Bird Rescue

California Toxic Algal Bloom Blamed for Months-long Marine Life Poisoning

By Teresa Tomassoni

Tudor Morgan, with HX Expeditions, passes a recording device called a SoundTrap to Heidi Ahonen, a bioacoustician who has launched the first long-term project to monitor whales in the Gerlache Strait using passive acoustic monitoring. Credit: Teresa Tomassoni/Inside Climate News

Listening for Whale Sounds 1,000 feet Deep in the Antarctic Ocean

By Teresa Tomassoni

A mother manatee swims with a calf near Palm Beach, Fla. Credit: Sam Farkas/NOAA

Federal Judge Orders Florida to Address Pollution That Led to Manatee Deaths

By Amy Green

Fernando Trujillo (right) and his team carry a pink river dolphin to shore to conduct a health assessment on the endangered animal. Credit: Teresa Tomassoni/Inside Climate News

One Man’s Quest to Protect Pink River Dolphins

By Teresa Tomassoni

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) leads an oversight hearing on the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act with a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources

Legal Protections for Wildlife in Jeopardy as House Hosts Oversight Meeting

By Arcelia Martin

Fish and sharks swim around North Seymour Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands on March 8, 2024. Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images

A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights

By Katie Surma

A humpback whale lunges out of the water while feeding on krill in the Gerlache Strait in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Ryan Reisinger

Scientists Call for More Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

By Teresa Tomassoni

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