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Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for its alleged failure to protect critical habitat for 23 endangered species on Guam, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau and the Feder

Millions of square kilometres of ocean around the world will be cleaner and more sustainable thanks to the UK’s commitment to extend its Blue Belt scheme, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 today.  The additional £7 million will mean our world-leading protection of Mari

Indonesia will move its capital to the eastern edge of jungle-clad Borneo island, President Joko Widodo said Monday, August 26, as the country shifts its political heart away from congested and sinking megalopolis Jakarta.

With a global biodiversity crisis well under way and over 1 million plant and animal species threatened with extinction, new approaches are urgently needed to stem biodiversity loss and protect the natural values of global ecosystems for all humans.

Today, there are more robots exploring the ocean than ever before.

Starting around 3:00 m. local time on Monday, the skies above Brazil’s largest city went dark. The sun in São Paulo had been eclipsed not by the moon, but by a vast cloud of smoke that choked the coastal Brazilian city because the Amazon is on fire.

Farming seaweed, then sinking the mature plants to the bottom of the ocean, could be an effective way to fight warming. So why don’t we do it?...That’s because these forests are underwater.

A proposal to strengthen protections for both shortfin and longfin mako sharks, hunted for their meat and fins, was adopted today after a 102-40 secret ballot vote at the global wildlife trade summit.

Sulu Sea, the richest reef region in the world, is home to 505 coral species, and yet, we know little about its reefs. With tourism booming exponentially in the Palawan islands, fishermen immigrating from nearby regions, and the seas warming, how are our corals coping?

Emissions of mercury have declined, but levels in fish could still increase thanks to overfishing and a changing climate...Released by coal-burning power plants and other industries, mercury—a toxic metal—circulates in the atmosphere, enters the ocean, worms up the food web and, via the seafood w