As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping, the new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and human health In the ...

For several years now, one question has held the key to understanding just how much we should worry about the hundreds of tons of DDT that had been dumped off the coast of Los Angeles: How, exactly, ...

Whale sharks, already listed as endangered, face an array of human-induced threats such as fishing bycatch, vessel strikes, and habitat degradation among them. Pollution adds another, more insidious ...

Mucilage, also popularly known as “sea snot”, is a slimy substance that causes odor as well as damaging the marine ecosystem due to the overgrowth of phytoplankton in the sea. To combat the mucilage ...

Engangered sea turtles all over the world are showing positive signs of recovery in places they're found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. "Many of the turtle populations ...

At dawn in Tombo, one of Sierra Leone’s largest fishing towns, small-scale fishers begin landing fish from the sea. A portion of the catch is sold at the landing sites, while the rest is taken home to ...

BAMAKO — Bourama Traoré and his brother, now aged 20 and 29, grew up along the banks of the Niger River. Their daily routine has always been simple: cast their nets and provide for their family. But ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...

We were not expecting to see this level of biodiversity in the Argentine deep sea, and are so excited to see it teeming with ...