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Melissa McCutcheon is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Coastal and Marine System Science program at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She has always felt a special connection with the ocean and has spent more than eight y...

Rays are unlike any other animals—their flat bodies and flapping “wings” give them one of the most distinctive silhouettes in the ocean. But with hundreds of species of ray, these critters can be difficult to tell apart....

Today is a day of celebration for the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly 10 years after the BP oil disaster, the federal government took its most significant step yet toward healing deep-sea habitats and marine wildlife harmed by th...

Oil and gas beneath the ocean floor is a public resource owned by the American people. Extracting it, of course, contributes to climate change, and we must transition away from continued reliance on fossil fuels and towa...

Think of the weirdest, creepiest, coolest creature you could imagine. Chances are, the ocean already has something like it. And that animal probably lives in the deep sea. The mysterious gulper eel, also known as the pel...

Here at Ocean Conservancy, we believe that art plays an important role in connecting us with our environment—particularly our ocean. That’s why our very own Lesley Ferguson has created some stellar coloring sheets for yo...

This blog was written by Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team and Scientific Advisor to Ocean Conservancy; and Susan Debreceni, the Outreac...

Bali. Dakar. Vanuatu. Panama City. Four places that, at first glance, seem unconnected: they have different languages, currencies and cultures. Panama City, Panama, and Dakar, Senegal, are bustling metropolises while Bal...

Some people wear causes on their sleeves. This Sunday, NFL players will wear causes on their cleats for the fourth annual edition of the My Cause My Cleats (MCMC) initiative. Players from coast to coast are joining #Team...

For decades, countries have largely overlooked our ocean within the UN’s climate change negotiations, despite the ocean having an outsized role in the functioning of our entire planet. But this year is different. This ye...