5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sawfish
Sawfish are some of the most endangered ocean animals in the world. There are five recognized species of sawfish living worldwide today.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Sawfish
Here at Ocean Conservancy, we know the ocean provides powerful solutions to the climate crisis. Often, that conjures up images of rotating wind turbines rising up from the sea. Offshore wind energy is a growing source of...
What is Wave Energy?
This blog was written by Kirsten Williams, Summer 2022 Legal Intern for Ocean Conservancy. Kirsten is entering her fourth year as a joint Law (JD) and Master of Environmental Management (MEM) student at Vermont Law &...
How Can We Protect the North Pacific Right Whale?
One of Ocean Conservancy’s goals each year is to help ensure that our nation’s premier ocean agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is appropriately funded in the federal budget. This budget...
Funding Brighter Future for NOAA
It’s common knowledge that coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea—hosting an abundant variety of sea life and crucial habitat for about 25% of all ocean species. It’s true that most people could easily identify a cor...
All About Soft Corals
Pop quiz: What causes mass planetary extinction events? Asteroids—yep. Volcanic explosions—those too. But the biggest cause of extinction events right now and in the foreseeable future? PEOPLE. A new study examined what...
It’s Not Too Late to Prevent Mass Extinction for Our Ocean
When we think of animals with shells, we often picture their gorgeous shells as mini condos they carry around like backpacks. Although this imagery is fun to think about, shells often provide many more amazing benefits t...
5 Gorgeous Shells (and the Animals That Make Them)
Tuna are well-known and well-liked fish, but how much do you really know about them? Here are four true or false questions to test your tuna trivia knowledge. True or False: There are five known species of tuna FALSE. Ta...
True or False: Tuna Edition
If you’re like me, the name “frilled shark” conjures up a dainty image of a shark in a fluffy dress. But if you tap that name into a Google search you’re in for a thrill because those frills can kill. The frilled shark g...
What is a Frilled Shark?
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released this week details how future climate impacts are going to affect our society, and many of us may be wondering what the future holds. It is incre...