NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service recent announced vessel speed restrictions off the US East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
A new report has concluded that any major research into massive intervention in the planet's climate systems must be subject to certain ethical principles.
After 16 years of grassroots efforts, local communities in northern Puerto Rico are celebrating the creation of a new marine protected area: the Jardines Submarinos de Vega Baja y Manatí.
Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that the sounds of healthy coral can be used to encourage coral larvae to settle and grow.
Oil and gas concessions and production areas in the "Coral Triangle" region of Southeast Asia overlap with tens of thousands of kilometers of marine protected areas, which include mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass habitats, according to new analysis from Earth Insight, SkyTruth, CEED Philippines, and others, released this week.