12 Sharks You Should Know
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
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
Calling all enthusiasts of the deep blue sea: Shark Week approaches! Are you ready? From July 28th to August 4th, sharks will be in the much-deserved spotlight. Whether you’re an aficionado or new to Shark Week (what, ha...
How to Prepare for a Fin-tastic Shark Week
When museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found an unusual-looking fish in a South African fisher’s net, she wasn’t quite sure what she was looking at. After hauling the enormous fish to her office in the back of a...
The Curious Case of the Coelacanth
Bonnie Lautenberg is an artist, photographer, writer and political activist supporting candidates who care about the environment, gun control and many issues she shared with her late husband. She worked on the Toxic Subs...
Congress Needs to Carry on a Legacy of Ocean Protection
It’s a perfect beach day. You sprint toward the ocean and dive headfirst into the salty sea. You open your eyes and you suddenly find yourself swimming through…a murky soup of crusty used plastic bags, straws, cand...