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Critical shark and ray habitats in Western Indian Ocean largely unprotected: Study

By Victoria Schneider Sharks and rays in the Western Indian Ocean are facing an extinction crisis. Almost half of the ...
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"Ultimate ocean travellers": diver in Japan finds tiny animals with tentacles around their mouths

When Brazilian researcher Dr Maria 'Duda' Santos went scuba diving in Okinawa, Japan, she was surprised. Everywhere she looked, she saw species that were totally different to the marine life back home ...
Mongabay

Tuna talks bring wins for Indian Ocean sharks, but more needed, experts say

At the most recent round of Indian Ocean tuna talks, countries adopted measures to curb shark finning, expand the scope of bans that prohibit fishers from holding on to sharks caught as bycatch and ...
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The amazing marine wildlife living in Earth’s oceans

The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans form a vast, interconnected world beneath the waves. Together, they support an incredible range of marine species adapted to extreme cold, ...
NPR

Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...
Smithsonian Magazine

More Than 1,200 Marine Animal Species Eat Plastic. Ingesting Even a Tiny Amount Can Kill Them, a New Study Suggests

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...
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Scientists spent 160 days collecting samples from the bottom of the ocean. They had “virtually no idea” what lived there before

A team of researchers have collected hundreds of previously unknown species to understand the impact of deep-sea mining ...