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Dr. Christophe Cleguer is on a mission to save the dugong. In doing so, he's saving a critical habitat for a host of other marine species. Dr.

The Pacific Community's annual tuna tagging expedition is underway in the central Pacific. The seven week research mission monitors the health of the largest tuna fishery in the world, which is vital to the economic well-being of the Pacific. SPC principal fisheries scientist Simon Nicol said the

The healing properties of some plants used in traditional Samoan medicine have been scientifically proven in a new study. Published on Friday in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology it looked at 14 Samoan plants.The Samoa Observer reports all were found to have positive effects on wounds, burns and s

Fiji's government has lifted the seasonal ban on the harvest, sale and consumption of Coral Trout and Grouper, or Donu and Kawakawa, early. The Fisheries Ministry said the decision to suspend the ban was made to alleviate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Key knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of how ocean microplastics transport bacteria and viruses—and whether this affects the health of humans and animals, researchers say.

More than half of the world's aboveground carbon is stored in tropical forests, the degradation of which poses a direct threat to global climate regulation. Deforestation removes aboveground carbon in the form of trees, reducing the size of global carbon stocks in the process.

Heating of the world’s oceans could radically reorganise marine food webs across the globe causing the numbers of some species to collapse while promoting the growth of algae, new research has warned...In the research, published in the journal Science, researchers at the University of Adelaide re

Kiribati is going under. The tiny nation in the Pacific Ocean is comprised of low-lying islands and atolls — circular land masses with water in the middle — no more than two metres above sea level. It's under threat by rising sea levels caused by climate change.

Sharks may have a reputation as cold-hearted killing machines, but they are actually rather good at making and keeping friends, a study finds.

The oceans play an important role in regulating our climate and its change by absorbing heat and carbon.