Blue-striped grunts and gray snappers swim above a reef in Hol Chan Marine Reserve near Ambergris Cay, Belize. (Pete Oxford via Courthouse News) (CN) — A new study on marine protected areas is one of ...

Native groups in Belize, Australia and Hawaii are at the center of conservation. Scientists are increasingly turning to Indigenous communities for marine conservation, leaning toward generational ...

A new study of the Mesoamerican Reef in the Caribbean found that marine protected areas (MPAs) are not only beneficial for conservation but can also lift up the socioeconomic status of the local and ...

The marine environment is home to diverse bacterial communities that occupy a myriad of niches, with particular emphasis on their intimate associations with macroalgae. These interactions are ...

The study of metazoan parasite communities in marine fish provides critical insights into the intricate relationships between hosts and their associated parasites, which in turn reflect broader ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act has succeeded because it balances conservation with commerce. It sets rules that allow ...

Protecting the ocean and providing livelihoods and food security do not have to be mutually exclusive. A new study, led by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), shows that limiting ...

Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction event. Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth's ...

Marine communities migrated to Antarctica during the Earth’s warmest period in 66 million years long before a mass-extinction event. All but the most specialist sea plankton moved to higher latitudes ...

Every day, thousands of images and signals are collected at sea. Sonar, buoys, satellites, and cameras installed on ships generate enormous amounts of data. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already ...