Researchers make stunning discovery inside restricted ocean area: ‘Encouraging signs’

Half a century after commercial whaling bans began reshaping ocean policy, new research is offering rare good news about how long-term conservation can actually work. Read more here.

Wind farms create ‘marine ranches’: research team

Although offshore wind power construction used to be considered harmful to marine ecosystems, the team yesterday said it found that the submerged parts of wind turbines attract fish dwelling in different ocean layers. Read more here.

Unprotected shark hotspots mapped in Western Indian Ocean

A sweeping new scientific assessment has identified more than 120 critical habitats for sharks and rays across the Western Indian Ocean – and found that almost all of them lie outside existing marine protected areas. Read more here.

Good news for conservation: El Salvador released 62 hatchlings of leatherback turtles, an endangered species

The species of leatherback turtles to which the released neonates belong is currently classified as endangered. Read more here.

Researchers strapped cameras to penguins in Antarctica and followed them into the deep. What they filmed is incredible

Scientists from Norway and the Ukraine used GPS trackers and mini cameras to penguins’ backs to spy on the birds’ behaviour – and what they saw was remarkable. Read more here.