Trindade-Martin Vaz Archipelago off the coast of Brazil is one of the areas included in the marine protected zone recently established by Brazil. Credit: Simone Marinho/via WikiCommons/CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

Post-reproductive mother and son whales. (David Ellifrit/Center for Whale Research via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Trump administration’s proposal to redefine the term “harm” under the ...

Cumulative productivity-weighted mean impacts on species ranges by taxon. (A) Distribution of mean predicted impact across species ranges (full range and coastal portions of range) from anthropogenic ...

Researchers showed that elevated dissolved CO2 conditions can lead to a 45% decrease of fish diversity. Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the consequent changes created through ocean ...

Large numbers of urban structures have been added to the waterways around coastal cities and many more are likely to be added in the future. Some of the most common structures seen in harbors around ...

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are ...

The famous white sand of the Emerald Coast’s beaches expands hundreds of miles out into the Gulf of Mexico, but most of the underwater portions is barren of plants, said Air Force veteran Mike Sandler ...

São Tomé and Príncipe will establish eight marine protected areas (MPAs) covering 93 square kilometers (36 square miles) of coastal habitats in the Gulf of Guinea. The island nation aims to protect ...

Liz is a marine biologist, environmental regulation specialist, and science writer. She has previously studied Antarctic fish, seaweed, and marine coastal ecology. When ships are abandoned in the ...

President Trump has legalized commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, which has ...