Nations voted today to adopt landmark protections for heavily traded golden sandfish sea cucumbers. But they failed to protect six sea cucumber species in the genus Actinopyga, despite their key role ...

Shark conservation has been boosted by a new international trade ban that offers greater protection for 70 species of sharks and rays.Restrictions on shark and ray fishing were announced at a major ...

A view of oceanic whitetip reef shark, who faces danger of extinction due to climate change and human pollution. Over 70 species of sharks and rays may soon receive their strongest lifeline yet. On ...

Researchers at Murdoch University in Western Australia have observed pre-mating behaviours in endangered whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef. For the first time, following and biting behaviours were ...

Every grade schooler knows that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest. The stuff of Attenborough doc legend, it’s also one of Australia’s biggest draws, attracting 2.4 million ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Department of Fisheries (DOF) is taking seriously a recent study by WWF-Malaysia and Traffic South-East Asia, ...

New research shows that Australians care deeply about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) – one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World – but 13% can’t tell you where it is located. A social media survey ...

Sharks, sea turtles, and a Vegas mermaid—dive into the wild side of the desert. Explore the wild, underwater world of Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay—where sharks, stingrays, and a famous sea turtle swim ...

A researcher has recorded three sharks in a “threesome”, or ménage à trois, marking a scientific first. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist and a researcher from the University of the Sunshine Coast in ...