Oil, and humanity’s dependency on it, has dominated global media headlines this month. Now, our country’s most pristine ecosystems in the Western Arctic is being dragged into that same extractive-focused…
Photo of Galveston’s ghost wolves play with a soccer ball after dark by Nicolas Ledesma-Lubertino. You may be wondering why a largely ocean-focused organization is highlighting Coyote Awareness Week. Coyotes…
On Friday, March 13th, President Trump signed an executive order expanding the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA), a rarely used Cold-War Era law, in an attempt to allow the…
Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced a new initiative to open significantly larger portions of the U.S. continental shelf to offshore oil and gas drilling, including waters off California…
Among the many iconic whale species residing in the Gulf of Mexico (Humpback, Sperm, Dwarf & pygmy sperm, Melon-headed and Short-finned pilot) lives one of the rarest whales on Earth – the Rice’s…
Header photo of North Atlantic Right Whales by PEW.
Harbor porpoises are shy, small marine mammals that are most often observed in pairs or small groups. They typically inhabit nearshore waters. As a result, harbor porpoises are especially vulnerable...
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