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Some corals may be more resilient to climate change
Corals in warm tropical waters and waters with high temperature variability could weather climate change better.
One answer to invasive species is to eat them
In Chesapeake Bay the blue catfish is an unwelcome intruder. But a restaurant is helping out by putting it on the menu.
Illegal fishing is driving the last few vaquitas extinct
Critically endangered vaquitas' extinction is "virtually assured" unless conservation efforts are stepped up.
A simple trick can save thousands of sea turtles
Sea turtles often fall prey to a commonly used device that is not meant for them: fishing nets.
We are eating large wild animals into extinction
Of the 362 megafauna species surveyed, 70% are decreasing in number while 59% are directly threatened with extinction.
A billion oysters can restore New York Harbor’s ecosystems
Oysters are known for their prodigious capacity to filter water and remove nitrogen, which supports biodiversity.