
Hundreds of volunteers participated in first-ever International Plastic Pellet Count
From Wisconsin to Copacabana 52,458 plastic pellets were collected from beaches, streams, and lake shores.
Home to diverse wildlife from the smallest krill to the biggest whale, our country’s oceans — and the ecosystems they support — are worth preserving for future generations.
From Wisconsin to Copacabana 52,458 plastic pellets were collected from beaches, streams, and lake shores.
A "supergiant" deep sea isopod earns a sci-fi name for the ages.
The wildfires burning in Los Angeles continue to burn, threatening human lives and buildings and scorching an area bigger than San Francisco. Wildfires also threaten local wildlife and potentially our oceans.
A forgotton collection of baleen helped Smithsonian scientist discover evidence of the stress caused by a resumption of whaling.
The Biden administration’s action blocks offshore drilling in the Pacific, Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Bering Sea.
NOAA statistics show need to protect whales; ropeless gear a prudent solution