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The South African Town Where Penguins Rule

A colony of 1,000 breeding pairs of African penguins nests on the beaches and in the gardens of Simon’s Town

‘Globally Significant Moment for Ocean Conservation’: Australia to Phase Out Gill Net Fishing in Great Barrier Reef

The Australian and Queensland governments have introduced a more than $160 million package to phase out the commercial gill net fishing that damages the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia to triple size of protected marine park to area larger than Germany

Australia plans to triple the size of an ecologically important marine park and close off an area larger than Germany to fishing and mining, the government announced Monday, protecting millions of vulnerable seabirds and animals.

Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida

Decomposing pieces of Great Atlantic sargassum belt carry Vibrio bacteria on state’s shoreline

Mossel Bay Shark Cage Diver Captures Incredible Footage Of Great White Launching At Boat [Video]

Coming within inches of him, videographer and shark cage diver Mark Graham captured the terrifying moment a great white shark launched at his tour boat.

Algae is a low-carbon source of protein but the EU is lagging in production

Aquaculture is seen as key to mitigating the challenges faced by the traditional fishing sector.

Presence of nicotine and antidepressants detected in Antarctic waters

A study with the participation of IDAEA and IGME locates organic contaminants derived from human activity in inland and coastal waters of the frozen continent

VIDEO, IMAGES: Killer Whales hunt dolphins in Cape Town

Check out this incredible sighting of Killer Whales hunting a pod of dolphins in Cape Town this past weekend.

Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century

A new study uses satellites to predict what California’s famous coastline could look like by 2100

‘It makes you sad’: Tourists and fishermen leave Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay covered in trash

Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam’s most beautiful nature site. But the UNESCO world heritage site threatened by deluge of plastic waste.

Bottom-Dwelling Marine Animals Thriving on Offshore Wind Farm Foundations

In a discovery by researchers from Leiden University in the Netherlands, offshore wind turbines have become a haven for benthos — the community of marine organisms that live in, on or around the seafloor.

Scientists detected 5,000 sea creatures nobody knew existed. It’s a warning.

A new analysis of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast mineral-rich area in the Pacific Ocean, estimates there are some 5,000 sea animals completely new to science there.