
More Chinese on the Coast, Less Fish in the Sea
China's coastal economic boom is burning out its marine food resources

More Chinese on the Coast, Less Fish in the Sea
China's coastal economic boom is burning out its marine food resources

The Best Shark Biologists and Conservationists to Follow During Shark Week
These researchers and educators can teach you more about sharks as the fascinating, ecologically important and threatened multiple species that they are


Fact or Fiction?: The Sixth Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped
Is the planet undergoing the sixth mass extinction in its history courtesy of the human species?

Earliest Skeletal Animals Built Coral Reefs
Reef-building in skeletal animals appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than previously thought, as far back as 548 million years ago

Overfishing and Pollution Kill More Corals than Climate Change
Local stressors have have caused more than 50 percent of the decline in Caribbean coral cover since the 1970s

Funnel-Shaped Animals Invented Reefs Prior to Cambrian Explosion
Scientists have long thought of the Cambrian Explosion 541 million years ago as the flowering of complex life on Earth. Strangely shaped, large soft-bodied organisms were known to have lived in the period just prior — the Ediacaran — but they made few hard parts and scientists have debated whether any or how many were [...]

Wildlife at Belize Resort Pushed by Travolta Could Have Trouble Stayin’ Alive
The A-list actor is promoting a proposed billionaire’s playground in Puerto Azul, complete with a private airport and racetrack, that could endanger the marine habitat

Australia's Great Barrier Reef Gets a Bit Cleaner

Great White Shark's Migration Tracked around Florida

Comb Jelly Genome Grows More Mysterious
The publication of the draft genetic sequence of a comb jelly reveals a nervous system like no other

In Indonesia, a Worrying Silence on Climate Change
Dive into the limpid waters off Indonesia's resort island of Bali and you'll spot the beginnings of an environmental success story. Older reefs are recovering from the devastating coral bleaching of 1998 and 2009.

Setback Averted in Costa Concordia Salvage Close Call
Technicians regained control of a 10-story-tall buoyancy device that came loose from the shipwreck. If they had not been successful, it could have posed a setback for the up-till-now smooth operation