Marine protected areas are designed to safeguard parts of the ocean from human impacts, including offshore oil and gas extraction and industrial fishing practices.

The waters around the United States are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.

The next four years — and beyond — are going to be awful for the science and conservation community. By learning from past experiences, we can try to minimize the damage.

There’s never been more momentum for ocean conservation, but new research finds that many efforts fail to protect endangered species — or have barely gotten off the drawing board.

Meet the Fab Five: A combination of visual and virtual community engagement tools using charismatic species to help win hearts and minds toward saving the ocean.

New research backs up conventional wisdom that getting people outdoors inspires them to conserve nature.

What persuades people to help protect threatened species and ecosystems? Most scientists think facts alone will change minds. They’re wrong.

Experts say new international trade restrictions will help, but they leave several problems unsolved.

If a book contains critical conservation messages but nobody reads it, does it make a difference?

Saving endangered species sometimes means knowing where they used to live — before scientists started studying them. For that, we need historical ecologists.