The Cocos-Galapagos Swimway is an underwater highway for sea turtles, sharks, and whales that connects Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park with Ecuador’s Galapagos Marine Reserve. Endangered and threatened marine species…
The drift gillnet fishery is responsible for capturing ocean animals in mile-long nets as incidental “bycatch,” killing and injuring sharks, dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and sea lions in shocking numbers. The…
More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into our oceans every year, drowning wildlife and wrecking ecosystems. The cost to human health has also been enormous, especially in…
Various marine animals – from small green sea turtles to large pilot whales – become entangled in fishing gear that has been discarded or lost in the ocean — known…
The Environmental Protect Agency recently finalized a ruling that will gut the Clean Water Act — our nation’s single most important tool in preventing water pollution — stripping protections for millions upon millions…
Marin County’s Lagunitas Creek Watershed is one of the most important waterways left for critically endangered Central California Coast coho salmon, supporting 10 to 20 percent of surviving fish. The Marin County Board of Supervisors…
We are at a pivotal point in the history of the North Atlantic right whale: no more than 400 remain on earth, and only 95 of those are reproductively active…
This past month, the Trump administration made significant changes to several sections of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), severely weakening it and rendering it beyond recognition. This couldn’t be happening at…
The Trump administration recently gave the green light to oil and gas companies to use seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, from New Jersey to Florida, to search for…
Will you take the pledge to not release balloons? When balloons are released, they blow away, pop or deflate, and fall back to the Earth, usually in the ocean, as…
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