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China has made the first major revisions to regulations governing its distant-water fishing fleet in 17 years.The new rules aim to curb illegal activity, increase transparency and improve sustainability in commercial fishing.

A new paper suggests that the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires impacted critical habitats of more than 800 native species, with 70 species losing more than 30% of their natural range. The bushfires may have led to a 14% increase in threatened species, according to the study.

Scientists love having a mystery to solve and gathering clues to find out if something is real or not.

When Hanna Koch, coral reproduction scientist at Mote’s Summerland Key facility, talks about spawning, or coral sex, she gets excited. Last year, Koch hit a huge milestone when the first “home-grown” batch of corals produced entirely from Mote’s own restoration broodstock spawned in her lab durin

Are you a young (35 years or younger), talented, and energetic nature conservationist committed to protecting species of wild animals and plants? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation?

US Customs and Border Protection seized the shipment of endangered Hawksbill and Green sea turtle shells at an air cargo warehouse in late November last year — one of the largest seizures of turtle shells ever in the U.S...The shell pieces from about 100 turtles were covered with a chalk-like blu

Conceptualized in 2020, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR, or the “Fund”) is a blended finance vehicle that seeks to invest $500 million USD in coral reef conservation over the next 10 years.

Environmental groups on Thursday said almost all the remaining oil has been pumped from the Japanese ship that struck a coral reef off the south-east coast of Mauritius in late July, limiting further damage from an oil spill that has likely caused “irreversible” ecological blows...“Make no mistak

Researchers identify the benefits that eradication of invasive vertebrates on islands can have for addressing socioeconomic and human health threats for island communities in alignment with the United Nations’ goals for 2030.

More than 50% of the world's oceans could already be affected by climate change, with this figure rising as high as 80% over the coming decades, a new study has shown.