Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Are the Chinese Finally Giving Up Shark Fin Soup?

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A new survey has encouraging results for those concerned about the fate of world shark populations: it looks like the consumption of shar...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Sir Richard Branson's Deep-Sea Submarine to Explore Ocean's Unknown Depths

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by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco Our ocean, particularly deep ocean, is one of the least explored places on earth. We know just a fraction...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

First Evidence of Plastic in the South Pacific: Is This a Different Kind of Garbage Patch?

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by Paula Alvarado, Buenos Aires on 04. 5.11 5 Gyres founders Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen pick up a fishing line floating in the midd...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Colony of Penguins Disappears From Antarctic Island

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by Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 03. 8.11 When Emperor Island was first discovered off the coast of Antarctica back in 194...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Plight of the Polar Bear in Pictures

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Seeing Double (image credit:National Geographic) Seeing double, sadly no. In fact, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the bigges...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Polar Bears Full of More Toxins Than Any Other Creature

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As their native habitat melts, polar bears have been forced into close contact with grizzly bears and humans—both of which have limited the ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Overfishing and Global Warming Killing Billfish and Tuna

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ScienceDaily — Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of...