The US House of Representatives this week approved legislation that includes a ban on the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States, among other ocean conservation provisions.
Scientists have published research highlighting how we can get a glimpse into the future of climate change effects by looking at marine food web fossils.
Restoring and "rewilding" islands that have been decimated by damaging invasive species provides benefits to not only the terrestrial ecosystem but to coastal and marine environments as well, researchers have found.
Scientists are studying the first known nursery area for hammerhead sharks in the United States, and are conducting a crowdfunding campaign to pay for it.
Global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX and Black in Marine Science (BIMS) announced this week they have expanded their partnership to better understand the oceans.