Haida people preparing for the return of sea otters

This is an ironic story of how nuclear testing contributed to the repopulation of sea otters in Haida Gwaii, indigenous islands off British Columbia.

Endangered seahorses released into Sydney Harbor “hotels”

Seahorses are delicate, endearing creatures that are in trouble around the world. To reverse the trend, Australia has just released babies from a captive breeding program into protected areas called seahorse hotels. https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/whites-seahorse-hippocampus-whitei-bleeker-1855/ About 380 juvenile White’s seahorses were released at Chowder bay in Mosman on Tuesday after being bred and reared in captivity by…

Five Native American nations will manage CA coastal lands

Indigenous knowledge is finally getting some respect. California put over $3 million into a fund for five Native American nations to use.

Australia’s new marine reserve is bigger than TX

Marine reserves like this are key to restoring our oceans and fisheries. So Australia just protected an area twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef around two remote islands.

Your final resting place: a bed of oysters?

Resting Reef, a student-led start up in the UK, is developing a way for human remains, mixed with some waste oyster shells, to restore reefs.

Ecuador creates underwater wildlife corridor

Ecuador just enlarged their marine protection zone by roughly 15 million acres, an area ​where fishing is not allowed. But rather than just enlarging the circle of protection, they included a band of sea from the Galapagos to a marine UNESCO site in Costa Rica.