Even with a small amount of unburnt tobacco clinging to it, a single cigarette butt soaked for a day is enough to turn a liter of water a sickly yello...
BBC | Jody Bourton | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
[A] seahorse that lives on the western coast of the Atlantic has been found in the Azores almost 5000km away from its possible home....
Telegraph | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die. ...
Posted 11.10.2009 | Home
Today, November 10, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 234th birthday, and social media is commemorating the historic date. The official...
BBC | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
Just how they stick so steadfastly whilst underwater has remained a biochemical puzzle for scientists for many years. Now researchers have solved thi...
sciencedaily.com | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green
A better understanding of archaea's lifestyle and role in nitrogen cycles not only would rewrite ecology textbooks. It could also have practical appli...
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
We were feeling the love for dolphins this week -- In honor of plans for The Cove to show at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October, check ...
sundancechannel.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green
The critically acclaimed series from Isabella Rossellini is back with a new batch of very short films about the reproductive habits of marine animals,...
treehugger.com | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green
Researchers have found that because of nearby ship noise, killer whales are having to make louder sounds to be able to communicate with one another....
AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green
BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod – the first time ...
Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green
Grossly polluted, overfished to the point of near collapse of many fish stocks, and home to giant "dead zones" incapable of sustaining life, the oceans are in a state of dire threat.
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 09.04.2009 | Green
The much-awaited Modest Mouse video for "King Rat" directed by Heath Ledger has been released today. And the video is an incredible look at what would...
Michael Markarian | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
It's been a good week for marine life, and this week's advances follow a steady drumbeat of recent victories for ocean creatures.
Michael Markarian | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
As a keystone species, the otters play a vitally important role in maintaining the health of California's central coast marine ecosystem.
Kelly Meyer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green
For decades, we have preserved iconic landscapes with wilderness areas and parks. Now, California is leading the charge to do the same underwater.
nytimes.com | CHARLES SIEBERT | Posted 08.12.2009 | Green
On the afternoon of Sept. 25, 2002, a group of marine biologists vacationing on Isla San Jose, in Baja California Sur, Mexico, came upon a couple of w...
Reuters | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green
More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the Internation...
pinktentacle.com | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green
Japanese researchers monitoring the activity of giant jellyfish in Chinese waters are warning of a potentially historic and catastrophic invasion this...
AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain sno...
AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Coastal development and declining water quality are threatening seagrasses worldwide, researchers report. A study of coastal grasse...
Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green
A new film called Acid Test powerfully illustrates the fateful connection between global warming and our oceans.
Joel Reynolds | Posted 01.31.2009 | Green
Despite mounting evidence that such sonar can kill and seriously injure marine mammals, the Navy refused to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act.
Brisbane Times | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green
MARINE conservationists say the interception of a Papua New Guinea fishing boat laden with four tonnes of "de-finned" sharks in Australian waters sho...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green
Climate change is reeking havoc on marine life. Not only have sea temperatures risen dramatically, but storms and waves are becoming increasingly dama...
New York Times | Adam Liptak | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green
WASHINGTON -- On the one hand, there is "the potential for harm to marine mammals," Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Wednesday at a Supreme Cour...
news.discovery.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green