ALBANY – A 10-year study of Adirondack loons shows mercury contamination can lead to population declines because birds with elevated mercury levels produce fewer chicks than those with low levels,…
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SeaTurtles.org is working to save sea turtles from plastic pollution through beach cleanups, advocacy to reduce disposable plastic production, and research to identify hot-spots of plastic pollution in sea turtle…
Conservation Groups Return to Court to Gain Overdue Protections Honolulu, Hawai‘i – Marine conservationists filed suit in federal court in Honolulu today against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) challenging…
Marin Youth & Got Mercury Discover High Mercury Levels in Locally Purchased Fish As part of the Marin School of Environmental Leadership project, five students teamed up with the seafood…
Enough is enough. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to fail women and children by allowing seafood with dangerous levels of mercury to be sold in the United…
High resolution radar stations used successfully to find trash hot-spots Sausalito, CA- A team of nonprofit scientists has begun using high-frequency radar to locate and clean up trash hot-spots on…
The plastic in our oceans is killing thousands of sea turtles and marine mammals each year, which is why Dr. Chris Pincetich with SeaTurtles.org partnered with Project Green Runway in…
SeaTurtles.org partnered with the California Academy of Sciences to celebrate World Sea Turtle Day with over two thousand people! The event was a glowing success, combining activism, science education, and…
The creeks along the Lagunitas Watershed dry-up in summer, trapping endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout in pools.
Helping hands gathered Wednesday morning along Barranca Creek in Lagunitas to save federally threatened steelhead trout from a certain death. After the lush winter rains stopped, the young fish were…