Things could be looking up for the tigers of the sea. Next month, 175 nations will meet in Doha, Qatar to discuss whether bluefin tuna will join the likes of pandas and elephants as endangered species under Appendix I of the Conve...

Last semester (for those of you who still think in those terms), I started working with a young and dedicated oceans advocate at Connecticut College. Check out her story below: Hi! My name is Olivia and I’m a sophomore at Connecti...

As Time reports this week, according to box office figures, the oceans have eclipsed George Clooney in popularity this week -- at least in France. More than 100,000 people went to see Jacques Perrin's new documentary, Océans, in its...

As of January 2010, I am now blogging with Dr. M and Kevin Z at Deep Sea News. February’s Carnival of the Blue will be hosted over there. The Oyster’s Garter is officially on indefinite hiatus, though the archives will remain up. Th...

Kate Walsh swims with a green sea turtle. © Tim Calver Last night our favorite TV doctor and sea turtle lover Kate Walsh appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jimmy displayed a photo of Kate swimming alongside a sea turtle from her trip ...

Offshore salmon pens in Chile. © Oceana/Eduardo Sorensen In a blow to the salmon aquaculture industry, on Tuesday Target announced it will stop selling farmed salmon in favor of more environmentally sustainable wild-caught salmon ...

It is well known that mercury, released by coal-fired power plants, chlor-alkali facilities, and other industrial and natural processes, causes numerous harmful human health effects. Yet mercury releases continue to be a widesprea...

Bats and toothed whales share the ability to squeak and click their way to prey. And now two new studies in this week’s journal Current Biology reveal that their echolocation, which evolved independently in the two groups, has a s...

In this month's GQ, Oceana founding board member Ted Danson sounds off on his roles on Bored to Death, Curb Your Enthusiasm and his forthcoming awareness-raising book about the world's oceans. And don't miss the accompanying photo...

This week, Oceana's corporate partner Nautica invited us to Key West Race Week to spread the word and gather support for our opposition to Congressional efforts to open up Florida’s coasts to offshore drilling. In the American Cle...

A green sea turtle at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Topsail Island, NC. The center often takes in cold-stunned turtles. © Jeff Janowski/Oceana This winter has been a doozy around the country, and...

Over the weekend I attended ScienceOnline2010, a raucous gathering (if conferences can be raucous) of scientists and journalists. I met some great folks, including Miriam Goldstein -- one of my favorite ocean bloggers -- of Oyster's...

Michelle McComb with juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks at the Hawaiian Institute of Maine Biology at Coconut Island. © Dr. Stephen Kajiura. A study in the Journal of Experimental Biology made big news late last year by beginnin...

© USGS One day in December, the residents of the seaside village of Punta Gorda in Belize looked out to the horizon and saw something unexpected: Jamaican fishing boats. They had arrived, unannounced and without permits, to fish ...

Last night our favorite TV doctor and sea turtle lover Kate Walsh appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Jimmy displayed a photo of Kate swimming alongside a sea turtle from her trip with Oceana to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kate fought bac...

Image via Wikimedia Commons. Killer whales may be evolving into two separate species in the North Atlantic, says new research out of the UK. (Who knew orcas were common in UK waters, anyway?) The researchers discovered that the tw...

Hey there ocean fans… are you ready for the NFL playoffs? No? Well even if you aren’t, the animals at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the New England Aquarium sure are ready for the first round when the Baltimore Ravens play ...

Last June, we cheered when President Obama created an Ocean Policy Task Force to develop the first ever national policy for our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. From August through November the Task Force hosted six public hearings...

As you know, Wednesdays are normally devoted to blogging about the latest whale news. But I’ve redubbed today’s post in honor of yesterday's news about a certain sleek giant of the sea who continues to fetch exorbitant auction pri...

Image via wikimedia commons. A very happy birthday to E, the Environmental Magazine, which recently turned 20 years old. A lot has happened in the environmental world in those two decades, and a lot has also stayed the same. This ...