Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists

Researchers recorded 23 North Atlantic right whale calves born this breeding season, the highest number since 2009. An estimated 380 North Atlantic right whales remain, with about 70 reproductively ac...

Small seabirds skim the open ocean at night, patting their legs on the surface as they hunt for small fish. Now, for the first time in more than 100 years, endangered Polynesian storm petrels…

Nice, France, June 10, 2025 – At the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the Government of Tanzania announced the designation of two new marine protected areas (MPAs) in the biodiverse waters off Pemba Island, a major step forward for marine conservation in the Western Indian Ocean.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐍𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐚: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 A few weeks ago, I shared the exciting news of the official designation of the Teon, Nila, and Serua (TNS) Marine Protected Area ...

The successful removal of an invasive species of rat saw nature spring back to life on two islands in the Marshall Islands.

On 7 October 2025, Cabinet approved the establishment of Ghana’s first Marine Protected Area (MPA) — the Greater Cape Three

Neptune grass is generally regarded as the most ecologically important seagrass and shallow-water habitat in the Mediterranean Sea. It suffered a severe decline during the 20th century, and there have...

SÃO MATEUS, Portugal — Winter forced Emanuel Alves to remove his boat from the water at the port of São Mateus in the Azores, the Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. The 64-year-old…

This week, thousands of delegates are gathered in Mombasa, Kenya, for the first Our Ocean Conference to be hosted on African soil. As expected, much of the conversation will focus on the global…

Global targets should track MPA quality and quantity. This is the first study using a new science-based framework across 123 MPAs and tying levels of protection and stages of establishment directly to...

New research has mapped more than 64,000 square miles where the crucial habitat seems to be somewhat protected from the impacts of the warming ocean

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The green turtle, found across the world’s oceans, is recovering after decades of decline, according to the latest IUCN Red List assessment. The species has been reclassified from endangered to least…

In northwestern Australia lies a remote and wildly diverse region called the Kimberley. There, the iron-red soils of the Pindan Country connect forests and the Great Sandy Desert, all bracketed by a…

Brazil has created its largest marine protected area of over a million hectares (2.5 million acres) with a 56,000 hectares of buffer area in Albardão National Park and the Albardão Environmental Protection Area (APA). Their designation aims to protect natural ecosystems of significant ecological, landscape, paleontological, socioeconomic and scientific value, ensuring the conservation of biodiversity, ecological processes and associated ecosystem services, including fishery resources and endangered species.