Author: codeadmin

The moment you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! I am thrilled to announce that your chance to share fin-credibly fin-spiring ocean snapshots has finally returned. Although we haven’t been able to travel...

Sailors have long reported sights of heavenly creatures swimming just below the water’s surface. They might not have been able to catch glimpses while peering over the rails of their ship, but they were right about one t...

It may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about cruise ships, but those giant vessels generate a lot of wastewater. Much of that is greywater: liquid waste from things like showers, laundry faciliti...

Let’s be honest: not many people would have hagfish on their list of “most charismatic marine species.” They are slimy, they eat dead things, they have rows of tooth-like structures straight out of a horror movie. But ar...

The significance of the ocean to humanity cannot be overstated, whether it is regulating Earth’s climate, providing food to billions or helping society transition to renewable, fossil fuel-free energy. Yet, our understan...

Whale sharks, loggerhead sea turtles, hammerhead sharks … some of our favorite marine animals are some of the ones most at-risk. It’s going to take all of us to ensure that these incredible ocean animals survive and thri...

Historical illustrations give us a glimpse into the scientific research of the past—and they can be very cool to look at! We can view thousands of historical illustrations of marine life thanks to the Biodiversity Herita...

Good news! The 2016 Arctic Drilling Rule—an important federal regulation designed to protect the Arctic Ocean from the potentially catastrophic impacts of exploratory oil drilling—is no longer under threat. Let’s keep th...

At the end of April, my wife and I went away for a couple of nights, a welcome change of scenery in the era of COVID-19. We stayed near the 22-mile-long Matanuska Glacier, in the Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska. In...

For those of us at Ocean Conservancy, Earth Day was less of a day and more of a week-long event this year, and we couldn’t be happier with the outcomes. Ocean-based climate solutions were at the heart of the discussions...