Researchers have identified biodiversity hotspots in the high seas, "the planet's last global commons." Will a UN treaty establish international ocean parks?

Climate change could threaten the survival of the common whelk, a sea snail with the misfortune of living in one of Earth's fastest warming marine areas.

Certain fish are super-urinators, meaning that they contribute more nitrogen to the ecosystem. Unfortunately, they're also prize catches.

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at risk, researchers warn.

A market-based system with the right incentives could bring more coastal and island nations together to improve ocean conservation efforts.

In the future, far fewer people could be fishing for fun at the shore. Why? Climate change.

In the last ten years, the impacts of overfishing, pollution, shipping, and other human activities on the oceans have doubled—and may double again.

The collapse of a major jumbo squid fishery in Mexico was a mystery, but new research may have cracked the case—and serves as a warning for the future.

Although chimpanzees mostly stick to a vegetarian diet, those in the rainforest also catch and eat crabs.

A bunch of pregnant giant devil rays in fishing nets indicate a previously unknown birthing zone in the Gulf of California.