Pearls of Wisdom – Walruses
Pearls of Wisdom is our weekly quiz game. We give you two truths and one lie about our favorite ocean wonders. Your job is to guess the lie. Good luck! We’ll post the answer on Sunday. [polldaddy poll=6242658]
Pearls of Wisdom – Walruses
TRUE: Sea stars have an eye on the end of each arm. (Called an ocellus, it’s one of the simplest eyes in the animal kingdom and has no cornea or lens.) TRUE: Sea stars have two stomachs. (Food begins in the cardiac...
Pearls of Wisdom: Answer
Do you have memories of our ocean that you share with the special mother in your life? Show her how much she means to you with our new ocean-themed Mother’s Day eCards! Click here to see the collection and send one...
Mother’s Day eCards
Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Why not get into the spirit early with one of our Mother’s Day-themed smartphone backgrounds? Grab one below or check out the whole collection. Kissing Seals Download Wallpaper Fi...
Wallpaper Wednesday – Mother’s Day
Seahorses are not vegetarians; they eat by hooking their tail around objects on the seafloor and use their snouts to snack on tiny, live crustaceans that float by. A tail that grasps objects is called a prehensile tail....
Pearls of Wisdom – Seahorses
Show your friends how much you love our ocean with a free Ocean Conservancy cover photo for your Facebook Timeline. Click your favorite image to grab one of our three new ones below, and check out the whole collection he...
Wallpaper Wednesday – Facebook Cover Photos
I can’t wait for summer. Not for the warm beaches and suntan, but because of the barbecue. I’m not much of a chef, but I’m real good over a charcoal fire. One of my favorite meals is honey-glazed wild salmon. And f...
The Benefits of Knowing Where Your Fish Comes From
Carry our ocean in your pocket! Download one of our three new smartphone wallpapers today by clicking on an image below and saving it to your phone. Get more instructions and see the rest of our smartphone wallpapers her...
Wallpaper Wednesday: Smartphone Covers
As we celebrate Earth Day, the world is watching as debris from last year’s tsunami travels thousands of miles on the wind and ocean. The fact is, a tsunami’s worth of trash hits our shores every year, as shown by Ocean...
10 Ways to Help Our Ocean on Earth Day
Today we release our latest data from our International Coastal Cleanup, a tsunami ghost ship appears and BP is still responsible for damage to the Gulf of Mexico. Volunteers from the 2011 International Coastal Cleanup p...