Ocean

A bill that would have banned the import, export and sale of shark fins in the U.S. state of Florida was passed by the Florida state House of Representatives on March 9th but with a loophole that one shark advocate says has "weakened the bill beyond recognition."

There have been strong women that have ruled the seas since we first took to the water. We take a look at some of the characters in history.

Up to 90 percent of the world's coral reefs could be dead within the next two decades due to rising sea temperatures, pollution and other factors, with complete global elimination possible by the end of the century, scientists are warning.

OceanX and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently forged a formal agreement to advance cutting-edge ocean exploration and scientific research that increases public understanding of the importance and value of the ocean.

EKORU is a new search engine aimed at cleaning the world's oceans with every web search.

U.S. federal regulations to protect North Atlantic Right Whales have been delayed, according to a recent court filing.

If you were hoping to get your hands on the "Beyond Blue" video game this month, it looks like you may have to wait a little bit longer.

Building on the 2018 Reef-Safe law, legislators in Hawaii are planning on bringing in bipartisan legislation that will ban any sunscreen products that contain ingredients deemed not to meet the “Safe and Effective” guidelines of the US Food and Drug Administration.

AIDA International has appointed photojournalist and freediver Nanna Kreutzmann as the organization's new Environmental Education Administrator.

Stream2Sea's sunscreens have earned the Haereticus Environmental Laboratory's Protect Land & Sea Certification (PL+S), guaranteeing they do not contain any ingredients known to be harmful to coral, fish, turtles and sea life.

The Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program has announced the winners of its eighth annual Ocean Awareness Contest.

You can help save the whales of Hawaii by picking up an Ocean Count 2020 T-Shirt.

Manatees in Florida had a terrible 2019, as data shows that a new record of 129 were killed by the end of December 13, 2019.

The Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire has begun growing three species of boulder corals -- lobed star coral (Orbicella annularis), mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata), and great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) -- in its nurseries.