Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins ~enviro Link 38 votes
Octopuses sleep—and possibly dream—just like humans ~science biology.marine Article 823 words 36 votes
Tokitae, the star of Miami Seaquarium, dies after half a century in captivity ~enviro conservation Article 608 words 32 votes
Scientists discover second deep-sea octopus nursery off of Costa Rica ~science biology.marine Article 363 words 32 votes
An invasive fish with teeth, that can breathe air, live up to three days outside of water, move short distances on land, and grow three feet long has been found in Louisiana ~science biology.marine Article 463 words, published Jul 11 2023 30 votes
How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now. ~enviro Article 893 words, published Jan 3 2024 27 votes
Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably ~enviro sustainability Article 751 words 25 votes
Long presumed to have no heads at all, sea stars may be nothing but ~science biology.marine Article 1542 words 25 votes
Meet Kelpy, the deep tech startup swapping single-use plastics for seaweed ~enviro plastics.single use Article 671 words, published Jun 15 2023 25 votes
‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1326 words 23 votes
Iceland allows whaling to resume – activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring ~enviro Article 879 words 23 votes
Scientists discover new ecosystem underneath hydrothermal vents ~science biology.marine Article 843 words 20 votes
Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them ~science biology.marine Article 641 words 20 votes
Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns until the end of August, likely bringing controversial practice to historic end ~enviro Link 19 votes
MH370 and the sea creatures that opened a new mystery ~science biology.marine Article 2225 words, published Mar 7 2024 17 votes
Alaska cancels snow crab season for first time after population collapses ~enviro climate change Article 575 words 16 votes
Brazil claims record shark fin bust: Nearly twenty-nine tons from 10,000 sharks seized ~enviro conservation Link 15 votes
Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining ~enviro Article 1041 words 14 votes
Trace amounts of antidepressants cause behavioral changes in crayfish, potentially making them more vulnerable to predators ~science medicine biology.marine Article 842 words, published Jun 15 2021 14 votes
The Great Southern Reef is an extensive and valuable ecosystem … that not very many people know about ~science biology.marine Article 592 words, published Nov 9 2017 14 votes
Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman ~science biology.marine Article 58 words 14 votes
Sea turns blood red as more than 250 whales slaughtered in 'barbaric' hunt in Faroe Islands – environmental activist calls for boycott ~enviro Article 415 words, published Jul 21 2020 14 votes
Rivers reborn: Alewives continue to make a recovery in the Penobscot watershed in Maine ~enviro Article 1338 words 13 votes
How a drunken swim in Nevada's Devils Hole and a dead endangered pupfish led to a rare prosecution and prison sentence ~enviro conservation Article 5005 words, published Apr 15 2019 13 votes
The 'great dying': Rapid warming caused largest extinction event ever, report says ~enviro climate change Article 859 words 13 votes
Oysters on the half shell are helping save New York's eroding harbor ~enviro recycling Article 1308 words 13 votes
Australian governments concede Great Barrier Reef headed for 'collapse' ~enviro climate change Article 13 votes
US government court filing promises to spend $1 billion to help depleted salmon populations recover ~enviro conservation Article 1129 words 12 votes
Whale hunts have been branded inhumane by activists and authorities as Icelandic report finds they suffer a long and painful death ~enviro Article 690 words, published May 9 2023 12 votes
Five North Atlantic right whales, an estimated 1% of the remaining population, have died this month ~enviro Article 545 words 12 votes
Scientists discover giant deep-sea coral reef off Atlantic coast ~science biology.marine Article 751 words 12 votes
How far will salmon swim for a craft beer? In Oregon, researchers hope a surprising aroma will lure stray salmon back to their home hatcheries. ~enviro Article 901 words 11 votes
Practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under renewed scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals were killed in one day ~enviro Article 946 words 11 votes
Efforts are under way to designate the site of a 60,000 year old submerged forest off the Alabama coast a marine sanctuary ~enviro conservation Article 765 words 11 votes
In California, orcas and salmon have become so scarce people have forgotten what once was. Will the Northwest be next? ~enviro Article 4419 words 11 votes
Narlugas are real: A very strange hybrid whale was the offspring of a narwhal mother and a beluga father ~science biology.marine Article 591 words 11 votes
Radical climate action 'critical' to Great Barrier Reef's survival, government body says ~enviro climate change Article 712 words 11 votes
GPS monitoring of great white sharks reveals previously unknown feeding ground and strange diving behaviors ~science biology.marine Article 1308 words 11 votes
Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life ~enviro energy pollution.water Article 603 words 11 votes
Big fish are found deep not because of age, climate, or prey, but because of us ~science biology.marine Article 1006 words, published Feb 5 2014 11 votes
Exploring the mysterious alphabet of sperm whales ~science biology.marine Article 1108 words 10 votes
Hydropower can be an environmental and human disaster – but do the risks have to be so big? ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Video 14:47 10 votes
Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing ~enviro Article 77 words 10 votes