New Policies Promise a Two-Pronged Win for Wildlife in Nevada
The state of Nevada and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently took independent though complementary steps to protect the state’s migrating wildlife and...
Hundreds Of Sharks Swarm Florida Canal To Escape Red Tide
Hundreds of coastal sharks have flocked to a Florida canal in what experts said is an effort to take refuge from a catastrophic algal bloom...
Get Way Up Close and Personal With Beluga Whales
People aren't the only ones traveling this summer. In July and August, more than 57,000 beluga whales will migrate from the Arctic to the warmer waters of...
Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse
An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be...
Bizarre Marine Life Movement Might be Indicating Future Mass Extinction
Science has long acknowledged the wonder of Earth’s tropical waters. Perhaps this is because it offers the richest marine life diversity anywhere on our planet....
Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator
The latitudinal gradient in species richness, with more species in the tropics and richness declining with latitude, is widely known and has been assumed to...
Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters. History tells us this could trigger a mass extinction event
The tropical water at the equator is renowned for having the richest diversity of marine life on Earth, with vibrant coral reefs and large aggregations...
Freshwater fish are in “catastrophic” decline with one-third facing extinction, report finds
Thousands of fish species are facing "catastrophic" decline — threatening the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world....