Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

Shellfish beds or reefs, formed by mussels and oysters, have declined worldwide. Sterre Witte, who conducted her Ph.D.

"Even protected areas are severely affected." Scientists stunned after finding remote island blanketed in dangerous material: ...

“It’s extremely rare to find things that were once thought to be extinct, and to rediscover them,” Terry Gosliner, who ...

It was a diving trip off the coast of Southern California that sparked the idea for the establishment of Blue Latitudes and its Rigs to Reefs project. Founded by two female marine scientists with a ...

Joe Cavanaugh brings a wealth of experience to the non-profit as he's worked with endangered fish in places like the ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

For people who are not experts, what are the signs of a collapsing reef system? Firstly, less color, because there’s less ...

U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered Species Act.The pangolin is “the most trafficked mammal in the world ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking to add protections for four species of the pangolin native to Asia — including the Chinese, Indian, Sunda and Philippine pangolin — and three species ...