Oysters Vanishing?
Oysters are disappearing from coastlines around the world because of overharvesting and disease, researchers said. An estimated 85 percent of global wild oyster reefs and [...]
Mass die-offs and the ongoing extinction crisis?
I thought I'd share the latest post by David Suzuki and Faisal Moola at the David Suzuki Foundation concerning the recent news about birds dropping [...]
Massive Coral Mortality & Bleaching
This is one of the most important reasons why we need to fight harder to stop climate change. The loss of these precious ecosystems is [...]
The Japanese shark fishing industry
Japan's Shark Fin Capital from alexhofford 75 tons of blue shark laid out on the dock in the Japanese fishing port of Kesen-numa City, [...]
No such thing as too many volunteers…
...unless the cause is toxic. I came across this image on Facebook and it really hit close to home. It was posted by one [...]
The whales are saved!?
From commercial whaling at least, for now... From the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society: WDCS Press Statement: Moratorium remains intact: Pro-whaling advocates fail [...]
Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
Transcript: I'm an ecologist, mostly a coral reef ecologist. I started out in Chesapeake Bay and went diving in the winter and became a tropical [...]
Extreme Makeover – Pelican style?
The International Bird Rescue and Research Center (IBRRC) is doing a great job cleaning up the pelicans coated by the BP (aka [...]
Oil Spill Proves Deadly for Sea Turtles
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Proves Deadly for Sea Turtles in Gulf of Mexico Oceana Releases New Report about Impacts of Oil on Sea [...]
A Message From Sylvia Earle
Editor's note: Oceanographer Sylvia Earle believes we can save our seas and ourselves with an intelligent attitude to the Earth's blue life-support system. Here she [...]
Watch the Story of “Jenny”
MarineBio's Advisor of Marine Mammals, Erich Hoyt, urges you to watch this powerful video then make your voice heard to stop the IWC. With [...]
Oil slick enters Gulf loop current
From the NatGeo News: NASA satellite imagery (above) on Monday shows that the rapidly expanding oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico has entered a powerful [...]
Low on gas… BP or Exxon?
Photograph by Carlos Barria, Reuters Neither. Both companies were grossly negligent in my opinion. I'll take my chances and keep driving until I [...]
Hope in a box?
It seems that one of the smaller leaks has been stopped by a valve, that's certainly good news. According to the AP, a massive concrete-and-steel [...]
Impact of the Gulf tragedy on marine life?
I can't tear myself away from the coverage of the Gulf oil tragedy. It seems the solution to stopping the flow is days if not [...]
2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
William Colgin / EPA / April 30, 2010 The Gulf, particularly on the Florida panhandle, is where I grew up on the ocean—as [...]