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Experts fear species decline after huge number of deaths on Henderson and Cocos. More than half a million hermit crabs have been killed after becoming trapped in plastic debris on two remote island groups, prompting concern that the deaths could be part of a global species decline.

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth will be part of an international project to help protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from climate change and human induced impacts, such as habitat destruction and pollution.

WWF is pushing for the development of a recovery plan for the dangerously depleted population of the oceanic whitetip to prevent the species from going extinct.

The 3rd Marianas Terrestrial Conservation Conference & Workshop is over. Held for the first time on Saipan last Nov.

Climate change is not being taken into account in the design and management of marine parks, according to research featuring University of Queensland scientists.

The Forum Secretariat is now looking for a Deputy Secretary General to join the team in Suva, Fiji. The primary role of Deputy Secretary General is to support the Secretary General in the efficient management and operation of the Secretariat.

Playing sounds of healthy coral reefs can attract young fish to degraded, abandoned coral reefs in the northern Great Barrier Reef, a new study has found...Coral patches that blared sounds of healthy corals had both greater abundance and variety of reef fish species compared to the other two cont

For the first time, researchers have studied the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs with a device that allows them to increase levels of carbon dioxide on living coral for months at a time.

Climate change is escalating as “the most significant threat” to Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area, with an update to parliament reporting the outlook for the bioregion is a cause of “great concern”.

All information materials to support outreach activities for World Wetlands Day 2020 are now available to download online. Wetlands and Biodiversity is the theme for the 2020 edition.