Weekly Ocean News
Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Scientists are calling for fishing regulations to help save the Amazon forest. Why? Brazil's Pantanal is a floodplain the size of Washington State, which spends half the year underw...
Water for Water
As spring turns to summer here on the West Coast, talk of holiday travel and visitors has lately been giving way to the pressing environmental concern of plastic in our oceans. With the infamous Great Pacific G...
New Light on an Elusive Species
Last week, the journal PLOS ONE published a study on the acoustic calls of narwhals, an elusive Arctic species whose day-to-day life we know very little about. Ocean Wise researcher Valeria Vergara, who spends ...
Weekly Ocean News
Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Researchers recently discovered why whale sharks tend to congregate in a small number of sites. It turns out that these congregation sites have a similar topography of shallower wat...
Ocean Wise Applauds Canada and 5 G7 Countries Committed to Reducing Plastic Pollution
Today’s adoption of a global plastics charter by five G-7 countries, including Canada, to target single-use plastic waste reduction is a timely and significant step for protection of our world’s oceans.
“As ...
Protecting Green Turtles in the Arabian Gulf
As the turtle nesting season began each year in Costa Rica, marine biologist Jimena Rodriguez and her team used to camp out on the beaches where Olive Ridley turtles lay their eggs. One night, Rodriguez watche...
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This week on Ocean.org
This Mother's Day, we dove deep into the world of under-sea parenting:
Parenting Tips from the Ocean:
From keeping snacks handy to breaking up sibling rivalry, aquatic parent...
Weekly Water News
Every week, Ocean Wise combs the headlines to bring you the most fascinating ocean news from around the world. Read on!
This week on Ocean.org
Discover some incredible birds and the challenges they face i...