When folks from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration towed a dead whale off a Hawaiian beach earlier this month because it was attracting tiger sharks, no one expected one of the biggest Great White sharks ever recorded to show up.
An alliance of global companies from the plastics and consumer goods value chain recently launched a new organization to work toward eliminating plastic waste in the environment, particularly in the ocean.
The late and great underwater filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart's "Sharkwater Extinction" documentary will debut in select U.S. and Canadian theaters as well as online on February 1st.
From Fiji to the Bahamas, renowned explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau and his children embark on a voyage to discover the ocean as never seen before in their new documentary film, "Wonders of the Sea," narrated by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation inaugurated its Blue Beacon Series of lectures and panels last month, and the foundation has plans to hold its next events in Baltimore, Maryland and Detroit, Michigan this year.