By Edward Carver Marine resource conflicts can arise when industrial vessels enter coastal waters used by small-scale fishers ...

How much of the essential trace element iron remains available for marine life in the ocean depends critically on the ...

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lance Cpl. Oscar O. Tapia conducts the pull-up portion of a physical fitness test on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North ...

FIU has a team of conservation scientists, protecting some of the world’s most endangered and threatened species.

Hawaii’s marine mammals often get entangled in fishing nets, lines, and plastics in the ocean — a well-known fact. But which one is most at risk of extinction from plastic pollution? The endangered ...

A new study released in Conservation Biology Wednesday and co-authored by scientists at Ocean Conservancy, Arizona State ...

A new study found that despite governments issuing designations to conserve oceans across the globe, a significant portion of the largest marine protected areas aren’t managed to provide the highest ...

A common bottlenose dolphin at Planète Sauvage, France. Study authors examined 200 years' worth of data on four marine mammal species including bottlenose dolphins. A new study provides compelling ...

The global economic contribution of the scuba industry shows the sector’s unique annual fiscal impact — but also a driving reason for marine conservation, according to a new study by the Scripps ...

A groundbreaking study by the Center for Marine Science and Limnology Research (CIMAR) at the University of Costa Rica and the University of Windsor in Canada reveals the secret life of snappers in ...

Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a ...