We must integrate effective protection with scalable restoration to ensure resilient coastal ecosystems. We identify five challenges, including unequal ecosystem coverage, spatial protections that are...

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IUCN joins the global community in mourning the loss of Jane Goodall, renowned ethologist and dedicated IUCN member, and celebrates her extraordinary life.

The mountain gorilla should have vanished. In the late 1980s, mountain gorillas clung to survival in the misted borderlands of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Poaching, snares, a...

Pressures from human activities are expected to increase significantly, impacting marine ecosystems globally. To plan for a sustainable future, we need to forecast distributions of cumulative impacts ...

The UK government has finally announced a plan to ban destructive bottom trawling in 41 offshore MPAs. The catch? It’s not a done deal. A public consultation is open NOW before anything is finalised —...

Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.

This technical report examines potential linkages between the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) an...

Johannesburg, 14 August25: iSimangaliso Wetland Park, renowned for its exceptional biodiversity and eco-tourism activities, has recently surprised the

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when movi...

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America.

The causative agent of sea star wasting disease has been elusive. This study used genetic datasets and experimental exposures to demonstrate that a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida caused di...

A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

Satellite imagery reveals global patterns of industrial fishing across marine protected areas

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are expanding worldwide, but industrial fishing within their boundaries remains poorly understood. By combining vessel Global Positioning System data with satellite image...

There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial...

A starfish-inspired tube foot composed of a soft hydrogel mouth and a rigid stem shows temporary underwater adhesion.

Nearly $13 million in funding announced today will establish the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center at UC Berkeley.

The Behaviour Change Task Force of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) and the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) has released a new report, titled “Mainstreaming behaviour ch...

Inland fish and fisheries are globally important to environmental function and human services, yet their persistent lack of recognition in global agre…

Recognise Rivers & Rias (Drowned River Valleys) in England as living entities with rights to 'their' own voice by creating a system to appoint Lead Legal Guardians & Guardian Groups for each River & R...