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Fossil Found In Fifties Yields Surprising New Theory About Strange Creature

Posted 05.16.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/15/2013 03:47 PM EDT on LiveScience A fossil that once lined a mule track in Iraq ha...

WATCH: Killer Whales Put On INCREDIBLE Show

The Huffington Post | Mark Hanrahan | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green

Even killer whales need to have fun sometimes, or so seems to be the message of a new video showing a pod of the mighty mammals playing in the wake of...

SeaWorld's IPO and the Third Question of Conscience

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 04.19.2013 | Green
Matthew Spiegl

Would you buy a conflict diamond, purchase a slave, or bank dividends from Auschwitz? Of course you wouldn't -- those are all questions of conscience...

What Lives At Bottom Of Mariana Trench?

| Posted 04.15.2013 | Science

By Jennifer Frazer The deepest, darkest, scariest place on the maps I loved pondering as a child was a crescent-shaped canyon in the western Pacific ...

Soft Edges

Peter Neill | Posted 04.03.2013 | Green
Peter Neill

The cost benefit analysis of the purchase and redefinition of the coastal lands compares advantageously with the financial requirements of just a single storm, not to mention more to come as a practical and economical allocation of taxpayer funding.

Confessing My Ocean Sins

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 04.01.2013 | Religion
Wallace J Nichols

Forgive me, Mother Ocean, for I have sinned. It has been, well, forever since my last ocean confession.

Deep-Diving Director Makes Big Announcement About Sub

Posted 03.27.2013 | Science

By: Douglas Main, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/26/2013 12:43 PM EDT on LiveScience One year after James Cameron made a solo dive to the ...

Hard Edges

Peter Neill | Posted 03.26.2013 | Green
Peter Neill

The fate of coastal wetlands is another blatant example of hard over soft. Once massive buffers against storm incursion, wetlands served human needs additionally through complementary cultivation of hay for fodder for saltwater farms.

LOOK: Unique 'Whale Fall' Triggers Discovery Of New Sea Creatures

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 03.20.2013 | Science

Talk about a whale of a find. In what's being called the first discovery of its type, scientists recently stumbled upon a whale skeleton on the oc...

Catalyzing Ocean Finance

Peter Neill | Posted 05.13.2013 | Green
Peter Neill

Recently, two organizations combined their talents and experience to address ocean solutions on the scale required to make a difference. As we always tend to measure value in dollars, they predicated their recommendations on the following analysis:

Dignity: You Can't Stop the Tortugueros

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.08.2013 | Travel
Wallace J Nichols

protecting sea turtles in northwest Mexico is becoming generational and cool. People know that turtles are worth more alive than dead and that they represent ocean health, responsible fishing, and resilient communities.

New Look At Ancient Mud Yields 'Unexpected Discovery'

Posted 03.08.2013 | Science

By: Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Published: 03/07/2013 10:01 AM EST on LiveScience The story of life on Earth keeps getting stranger...

WOW: Did Wreck Divers Find Legendary 'Sunstone?'

| Posted 03.06.2013 | Science

By Lizzie Wade In 1592, a British ship sank near the island of Alderney in the English Channel carrying an odd piece of cargo: a small, angular cr...

Help Us Shape a Vision for a Healthy Planet

Andreas Merkl | Posted 05.05.2013 | Green
Andreas Merkl

How do we create prosperity for all without destroying the natural world that sustains us? We can do this, but we must first awaken to what is truly needed.

Survey Ship Spies Huge Undersea Canyon

Posted 02.27.2013 | Science

By: Andrea Thompson, OurAmazingPlanet Managing Editor Published: 02/27/2013 11:32 AM EST on LiveScience A canyon more than 800-foot-deep has been ...

Japan: Dancing on the Grave of the Bluefin Tuna

Matt Rigney | Posted 03.25.2013 | Green
Matt Rigney

The first bluefin tuna of the year sold in Tokyo has yet again garnered an astronomical price -- encouraging the view of this beleaguered animal as a high-status food when they deserve to stand with the white rhino and the mountain gorilla as a species under our protection.

Best of 2012: National Geographic Photographer Paul Nicklen (VIDEO)

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 12.27.2012 | Arts
Elysabeth Alfano

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Nature, Spirit and Wellness

Joel and Michelle Levey | Posted 02.26.2013 | Green
Joel and Michelle Levey

The relevance of this film festival is highly compelling in the light of increasing and undeniable evidence that the integrity of the life support systems of planet Earth is threatened by rampant greed and aggression reflective of a fundamental ignorance of our place in relation to the web of life.

The Hand of Man: A True Christmas Story

Terrie M. Williams | Posted 02.15.2013 | World
Terrie M. Williams

Despite the rawness of nature, the world made more sense in the oceans, the forests and the mountains. Yet, it was from the wilderness through one animal -- an endangered seal named KP2 (Kauai Pup 2) -- that my faith in the hand of man was restored.

Lessons From A Little Yellow Submarine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.13.2013 | Home
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Photo Credit: Steve Moore -CSUMB Sub piliot, Erika Bergman, leads divers below the decks. By Denise Tejada and Ike Sriskandarajah On a foggy night...

PHOTOS: Where To Make A Splash In 2013

Global Yodel | Posted 02.03.2013 | Travel
Global Yodel

Whether you're into the adrenaline of big wave surfing, sailing into the sunset, discovering inland watering holes or bathing in tropical shallows, these swimming spots have something for you.

Maggie Q, Shark Hugger

Sierra | Posted 01.20.2013 | Celebrity
Sierra

In the high-action TV show Nikita, Maggie Q plays the title character, a coolheaded rogue assassin being hunted by secret agents. In real life, though, she wouldn't harm a fly -- or any other living thing.

Ordinary People Helping Our Oceans in Extraordinary Ways

Francesca Koe | Posted 01.19.2013 | Green
Francesca Koe

With the help of people just like you and me, collectively we will know a whole lot more about the numbers and types of sea life in our waters, how best to respond to a major disturbance, and how much success we're having in protecting vulnerable habitats.

You Can Tune a Piano, But PLEASE Don't Tuna Fish

Miyoko Sakashita | Posted 01.12.2013 | Green
Miyoko Sakashita

The fate of Atlantic bluefin tuna -- one of the most incredible fish in the sea, but also one of the most imperiled -- is again up for a vote.

Strikes, Bites and Blood: The Graphic Case for Releasing Morgan, the Wild-Born Orca, from Captivity

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 01.08.2013 | Green
Matthew Spiegl

For the young female orca known as Morgan, the brutal bullying by the other orcas at Loro Parque is the sad reality she faces for the rest of her life unless a court in the Netherlands intervenes.