Meet This Tiny, Glow-in-the-Dark Shark
Many of us think of sharks as big, powerful apex predators who use power and speed to capture their prey. And while that’s true—just look at mako, great white and bull sharks—some sharks take a different approach. The re...
Meet This Tiny, Glow-in-the-Dark Shark
Sharks have been swimming in the Earth’s ocean for nearly 450 million years—this predates dinosaurs! Today, there are more than 400 species of sharks, ranging in size from the world’s largest fish to a shark that can fit...
12 Sharks You Should Know
Thomas H. Allen is a former U.S. Congressman from Maine. During his 12 years in the House (1997-2009), he served on the Energy and Commerce Committee and wrote important health care and ocean acidification legislation. H...
Maine Targets Major Emissions Reductions to Protect the State and its Coasts and Ocean
Who doesn’t want to be in a room of the best minds working together on awe-inspiring new technologies to save our ocean? As fans of all things ocean data and science, we were thrilled to represent Ocean Conservancy at NO...
Can New Technology Help Save the Ocean?
With President Biden’s signature on the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, the Regional Ocean Partnership Act is now law.
<strong>Regional Ocean Partnership Act Receives Bipartisan Support</strong>
We frequently talk about the ocean impacts of climate change, but that can be hard to understand and some people probably wonder what that even means. But a new report from NOAA details how sea level rise, one of the mos...
Record Breaking High Tide Flooding Will Only Get Worse
There’s an underwater disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico right now that’s affecting Gulf Coast wildlife, fishermen and economies. We’ve broken it down here with six things you need to know. 1. Lots of rain in the M...
What is Going on in the Gulf?
Our annual Photo Contest has come to a close, and I think it’s safe to say that this was our best yet. Hundreds of you sent your spectacular ocean photos—and we couldn’t have been more impressed! You showed us colorful s...
Announcing the 2019 Photo Contest Winners
The ocean shapes the United States in a myriad of profound ways. To the east, the sun’s rays rise over the Atlantic and light our coastline from the cold waters of Maine down to the warm sands of Puerto Rico. To the west...
5 Key Laws That Protect Our Ocean
The Red List of Threatened Species, produced and managed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is known globally as the world’s most comprehensive catalog of the current conservation status of liv...