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New Shoreline Protection Looks Like Massive Lego Bricks and Doubles as Home for Marine Life
Those aren't giant Lego bricks out there in the grey waters off the port of Rotterdam, they are part of a new seawall that...
8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts
International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans....
Every Penny Thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain Goes to Help the City’s Poor–Over a Million Each Year
Every year, the more than €1 million in coins thrown into the Trevi Fountain in Rome are hoovered up to feed, clothe, and house...
30% of Barbados Seas to be Protected Under “Blue Bond” Financing That Saved The Seychelles
As part of a debt-for-nature refinancing program, the island nation of Barbados is set to unlock $50 million in funding for conservation of its...
Once Devastated Pacific Reefs See Amazing Rebirth, Recovering With ‘Shocking Speed’
As remote as they were beautiful, the coral reefs around the 5 volcano tips making up the Southern Line Islands dazzled National Geographc explorers...
Island Paradise Declared Rat-Free After Massive Volunteer Eradication Campaign
After more than three years of work, the Tetiaroa Atoll has been declared rat-free following a massive effort to poison off two invasive species...
Tuna Population is Being Restored–While Boosting Fishing: World’s Largest No-Catch Zone is 4x Size of California
No-fishing zones are successfully restoring tuna while at the same time boosting the fishing industry, according to new research.
It's well-known no-fishing zones can help...
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
Fungi Species New to Science Discovered in Scottish Highlands
What happens when you take 216 teaspoons of dirt from 55 remote Scottish mountains? Discovery, that's what.
Scientists doing a survey of soil-born microorganisms in...
Religious Practices Have Preserved 125,000 Sacred Groves in India, Growing a Conservation Success
Belief in Hinduism and other folklore has an incredible capacity to protect biodiversity in India, where devotees possibly protect 125,000 sacred forest groves containing...
US Seeking to Protect Largest Underwater Canyon Off New York City For New Marine Sanctuary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking public comment on potentially designating a new national marine sanctuary in Hudson Canyon off the...
Mexico City’s Ban on Bullfighting Could be Death Knell to the ‘Sport’
Bullfighting is a romantic Spanish tradition that is said to be a tragedy ballet between the man and the bull. However richly that culture...
Floating Drones Are Swallowing Tons of Plastic Waste Before it Reaches Ocean
From Chennai to Trentino alto Adige to Baltimore, inventors are churning out methods of stopping plastic pollution from entering the ocean by picking it...
Chinook Salmon Introduced to Mountain Streams Not Inhabited for 100 Years
The historic reintroduction of Chinook salmon into a California creek this spring will help secure another generation of this iconic species.
State and federal biologists...
Nonprofit Protects More Than a Million Acres of Rainforest So Far This Year – All With Public Donations
In September, a Virginia nonprofit made a $500 million commitment to preserve biodiversity and, six months later, the Rainforest Trust and its partners have...
Friendship Between Species: First-Time Report of Wild Dolphin Changing its Language for Harbor Porpoises
A dolphin that lives alone among harbor porpoises has been found to change its vocalization in an attempt to pick up the langue of...
Tiny Marine Microbe ‘Could Turn Out to be Secret Weapon in Battle Against Climate Change’
A tiny marine microbe which could turn out to be a 'secret weapon' in the battle against climate change has been discovered.
The single-celled microbe...
White Tufted Sea Creatures Among the Winners in This Underwater Photography Contest
From a crocodile's toothy grin to a pouting fish the size of pea, some of the world's best underwater pictures have been revealed in...
Mesmerizing Rose-Veiled Fairy Wrasse is New to Science – And Named for National Flower
Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition is the first-ever to be...
How Peru’s Andean Condors Saved the California Condor from Extinction
This article is written by Enrique Ortiz and has been reprinted with permission from Mongabay.
A few years ago, alone on the top of a...