Troubled Waters? Aquaculture’s Intersecting Animal, Human, and Environmental Harms

Aquaculture is not the sustainable or ethical solution to food insecurity that industry or governments claim, nor is it a sound alternative to animal factory farming or wild-caught fishing.
October 22, 2025
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Aquaculture is not the sustainable or ethical solution to food insecurity that industry or governments claim, nor is it a sound alternative to animal factory farming or wild-caught fishing.

What Does It Take to Write a Global Conservation Report? A New Assessment of Sharks Offers Answers

A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.
August 4, 2025
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A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.

Collateral Damage: The Environmental Cost of Cuba’s Terrorism Designation

As U.S. restrictions tighten, Cuba’s efforts to protect its ecosystems are faltering — with rising deforestation, strained conservation programs, and growing pressure on protected areas.
May 19, 2025
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As U.S. restrictions tighten, Cuba’s efforts to protect its ecosystems are faltering — with rising deforestation, strained conservation programs, and growing pressure on protected areas.

A Helping Hand for Mangroves

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
May 12, 2025
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Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.

Trump Removes Protections From Marine Protected Areas — A Problem for Fish, Whales, Corals and Other Ocean Life

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

Seagrass Gardening

From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.
February 18, 2025
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From tiny seeds come big results: replanting seagrass meadows that help fish, protect coastlines, and absorb climate-heating carbon dioxide.