Here Comes the Hatchetfish
If you’ve ever doubted just how inhospitable and unforgiving the deep sea can be, dive down and meet another fascinating animal surviving and thriving the dark depths of the ocean: the deep sea hatchetfish. These scrappy...
Here Comes the Hatchetfish
Throughout our ocean, there are some marine species that are so massive or unique looking that they just might explain ancient legends of sea monsters. The giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) is a quintessential example of...
Why are Oarfish Known as Doomsday Fish?
All over the world we are witnessing record-breaking temperatures and longer-lasting periods of extreme heat. These abnormally high temperatures and persistent heatwaves are becoming such common occurrences that it can s...
Record-Breaking Ocean Temperatures
The Gulf of Mexico is famous for its seafood, and residents and tourists alike value the opportunity to catch—or eat—delicious red snapper. But it wasn’t that long ago that red snapper had all but disappeared from dinner...
What Does It Take to Rebuild a Fish Stock?
Not to be confused with the similarly named catfish, the catshark is an interesting aquatic animal. And yes, even though they dwell on the ocean floor, they have a couple of characteristics in common with their feline na...
All About the Catshark
Our ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the heat from human-caused global warming—it’s not surprising that this greatly impacts ocean animals and the communities that depend on them. The question is how...
How Does Climate Change Affect Fisheries?
I’ve spent a large part of my career working to prevent and end offshore oil and gas drilling. So, when the Biden administration recently announced its new five-year oil and gas drilling plan that scheduled multiple new...
No New Offshore Oil and Gas Leases
In many ways, the ocean is “ground zero” for the plastic pollution crisis. It is so vast, yet plastics have been found in every corner of the ocean—from the deepest trench to the most remote Arctic ice sheets. Sea turtle...
How Much Trash is in the Ocean?
World leaders, government officials and representatives from the private sector and civil society gathered in New York September 16 to 22 for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Week and New York Climat...
Ocean Advocacy Insights from New York Climate Week
In recent years, an elevated number of whale strandings have occurred along the east coast of the United States. These unusual mortality events have rightly raised concerns, especially with regard to the endang...