Is the Vampire Squid Real?
Believe it or not, the vampire squid is, indeed, a real creature! In fact, it’s a small and adorably-weird cephalopod that lives in the deep sea and despite its common name, it’s not actually a true squid (or a vam...
Is the Vampire Squid Real?
The Portuguese Man O’War (Physalia physalis) is absolutely alien-looking. With its bulbous top, dangling tentacles and iridescent coloring, this unusual invertebrate will make anyone do a double-take. But what is it, exa...
5 Facts about the Portuguese Man O’War
Last month, a subcommittee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) created draft regulation to ban ships from using or carrying heavy fuel oil (HFO) in the Arctic. For four years, Ocean Conservancy has worked ti...
Banning Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic
When people fly into Miami, they are taken aback by the city’s lush streetscape and seemingly continuous tree cover. Cities are usually sights of impermeable concrete—but Miami offers a refreshing marriage of metropolis...
How Fertilizers are Impacting Miami’s Waterways
If you’ve seen the environmental news cycle lately, you may have seen a deluge of new stories discussing patches of red-colored snow surfacing on Galindez Island, located off the coast of the Antarctic’s northernmost pen...
What is Watermelon Snow?
With this year’s funding proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Trump administration has yet again put forward cuts to our nation’s premier ocean agency. For the past four years, Con...
Trump Proposal Would Slash NOAA’s Budget … Again
Like many of you, I remember falling in love with our ocean at a fairly young age. Between family trips to mid-atlantic beaches and one animated feature film in particular, I’ve basically been hooked since I can remember...
Marine Wildlife From A to Z
As you likely know by now, straws can pose a threat to vulnerable species like sea turtles, seals, sea otters and more, which is why thousands of people have joined us in the pledge to simply say “no thanks” when offered...
Level Up Your Commitment to Our Ocean
The dramatic melting of Arctic sea ice due to climate change means more commercial ships than ever before are traveling through the Bering Strait, a remote marine gateway located between the United States and Russia. At...
A Guide to Safer Shipping in the Bering Strait Region
The Gullah/Geechee Nation is led by Chieftess and Head-of-State, Queen Quet Marquetta L. Goodwine. She has recently authored two new books and Ocean Conservancy’s Ocean Acidification Program Manager, Ryan Ono, was able t...