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For those who want to avoid crowds and discover someplace new, Africa boasts several islands with awesome beaches, unique wildlife, and amazing outdoor...

BULAWAYO, Apr 28 (IPS) - Growing up in Palau in the western Pacific Ocean, Surangel Whipps Jr. played on the reefs and spearfished on an island teeming with birds, giant clams, fish, and turtles.

Communities in Palawan's Calamianes Island Group band together to protect migratory species in marine protected areas

In a first-of-its-kind move, Australia has rejected a proposed coal mine due to the threat it poses to the environment. This coal mine would have been only 10km from the Great Barrier Reef, and the…

Australia's environment minister on Wednesday rejected a bid for a coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef, marking the first time ever that such a project there has been denied under its environmental laws.

Humans, whales, elephants, and naked mole-rats all share a somewhat rare trait for mammals: their bodies are covered with little to no hair.

Unsustainable human activity putting dugongs, abalone shellfish and pillar coral at risk of disappearing, says latest IUCN update

You might be forgiven for thinking it's Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage "in danger" list. After all, there have been similar calls in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017.

Dugongs, the now-elusive sea cows that inspired ancient tales of mermaids, have been declared functionally extinct in Chinese waters, according to a new study.

The study said the dugong, a vegetarian mammal that ranges across Asia and Africa, has essentially vanished from the country's coastline.

Zoologists refer to manatees and dugongs as "sea cows" but a simple internet search might return the more playful moniker "floaty potatoes."

Dugongs, or sea cows, are thought to have inspired tales of mythical mermaids.

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A small team of researchers from China, the U.K. and Greece reports that dugongs are likely functionally extinct in China. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the group describes interviewing a large number of people living in fishing communities in areas formerly occupied by dugongs.

'It's a reality in politics that when one ceases to be the administration party, it will lose members,' says Senator Bong Go

Paris-based international sales company The Party Film Sales has nabbed the rights for Antongiulio Panizzi's hybrid documentary "The Girl in the Fountain," a double portrait of icons Anita Ekberg and Monica Bellucci, which opened at the Torino Film Festival last November. The story of an actress devoured by her own icon, the film alternates between […]

From flying penguins to brawling alligators, the 2024 Ocean Art Contest winners are incredible.

What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover?

Paleontologists have unearthed a 20-million-year-old fossilized skeleton of a species of the dugongid sirenian mammal Culebratherium with shark and crocodylian bite marks in northwestern Venezuela.

Scientists predict recent bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef will be the worst on record, but skeptics online dismiss the damage by claiming coral...