Faced with threats like industrial fishing, climate change, ship traffic, and plastic pollution — sometimes all at once — thousands of marine species around the world are fighting to survive. But ...

On Saturday, July 26, ocean advocates gathered at Oceana’s 18 th annual SeaChange Summer Party at Montage Laguna Beach, raising more than $1.7 million to support the organization’s campaigns to ...

We rely on fish for food and jobs, yet half of our fisheries around the world are overfished, and another 40% are fished to maximum levels. We know that when fisheries are properly managed, the fish ...

Blue whales can grow up to 33 meters (110 feet) long and weigh as much as 150 metric tons (333,000 pounds). Even when born, calves are about 7 meters (23 feet) long. Named after their blue-gray ...

Donning a comical appearance, these tropical seabirds sport a striking look with bright blue webbed feet and blue-grey facial skin! Blue-footed boobies are found off the western coast of North and ...

The flashlight fish is a small, nocturnal reef fish found in the Indo-Pacific, particularly around coral reefs and rocky slopes in tropical waters. Growing to only about 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) ...

Peacock mantis shrimp live in the shallow, warm waters of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, often making the burrows they live in sand or gravel by the base of coral reefs. Despite their name, they are not a ...

As its name suggests, the cushion star has a thick, inflated body that often looks like a soft cushion. While it might seem one-of-a-kind, it isn’t the only sea star with this appearance, and several ...

Red lionfish are covered with reddish or golden brown bands going down their heads and bodies, stretching across a yellow background. They have 13 poisonous spines along their back and feather-like ...

The Coca-Cola Company recently reported that the percentage of total beverage volume that it sold in reusable packaging in 2023 was just 14%, unchanged from the 14% reported by Coca-Cola for 2022.

Nearly 150 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year, but if you have flippers instead of fingers, writing notes love notes just isn’t an option. So, what’s a sea creature to do? While ...

Sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific today adopted the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global ...