How Do Gills Work?

Published by Ocean Conservancy All animals breathe. How they breathe, however, varies. If you’re reading this, you’re probably a human. This means that you breathe by inhaling oxygen (which your body need to function) and exhaling carbon dioxide as waste. Air flows in through your nose or mouth and into your lungs where oxygen is transported […]

Save Our Seas 2.0 Act Just Passed the Senate—Here’s Why It Matters

Published by Ocean Conservancy After months of deliberations, the United States Senate passed the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (SOS 2.0) on Thursday, January 9. The bill still has a long road ahead before it can become law, but this represents a win for our ocean! SOS 2.0 passed by unanimous consent, which means that […]

Ghost Gear Reflections and Resolutions

Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Ingrid Giskes, the Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), where she works to tackle the most harmful form of marine debris in our ocean: lost and abandoned fishing gear. She has a background in international policy and has been working in this field for the last seven years. When she’s not traveling, Ingrid lives […]

Could Orcas Love Their Grandmas as Much as We Do?

Published by Ocean Conservancy Grandmothers. The matriarchs of family units, our female elders are some of the most influential individuals in our lives, both as children and as we grow into our own in adulthood. Could this special dynamic be present in other species besides humans? This question became a prominent topic of discussion in the […]

New Wave of Companies Pledge Not to Ship Through Arctic Ocean

Published by Ocean Conservancy Eight more companies agreed this week not to ship goods through the Arctic Ocean and signed the Arctic Corporate Shipping Pledge launched by Ocean Conservancy and Nike in October 2019. We’re pleased to announce that the new signatories include Ralph Lauren Corporation, Kuehne + Nagel, PUMA, International Direct Packaging, Allbirds, Aritzia, Hudson […]

7 Fish with Unusual Names

Published by Ocean Conservancy The ocean is full of weird animals, which have even weirder names. Here are 7 of the most unusual monikers the ocean has to offer! Frogfish © Richard Carey/Fotolia If you’re looking to find one of the strangest fish in the sea, look no further than the frogfish. Their leg-like fins, camouflaged skin […]

Mantis Shrimp: The Ocean Predator You Need to Meet

Published by Ocean Conservancy The mantis shrimp is no ordinary shrimp. Between their sharp eyes, wild colors and killer claws, mantis shrimp are some of the most impressive predators in the ocean. These colorful crustaceans may be small, but they pack a mighty punch that is unlike anything else in the sea. First things first: mantis […]

4 Things to Know About Blue Whales

Published by Ocean Conservancy There’s a reason why people are infatuated by whales. These massive marine mammals are deep divers, graceful swimmers and majestic jumpers—what’s not to love? Although all whales deserve to be celebrated, there is one that stands out among the rest (with its size, anyway). Today, we’re diving into what makes the blue […]

Preparing for Surprises

Published by Ocean Conservancy New shipping lanes open as summer sea ice decreases. Wildfires spread as tundra thaws and forests dry out. Marine debris clumps on rocky shores. Global change is visibly changing Arctic ocean and coastal environments. And at the same time, invisible changes are accumulating. Ten years ago, parts of the cold, wind-tossed Arctic […]

Meet the Lumpsucker

Published by Ocean Conservancy What would you get if you combined a ping pong ball, a suction cup and a fish? A lumpsucker. Lumpsuckers are a group of small, spherical fish that live in the chilly waters of the Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic. They’re part of the Cyclopteridae family, which gets its name from […]

Top 10 Ocean Songs of the Decade

Published by Ocean Conservancy ‘Tis the season! While there are many reasons to celebrate this time of year, I especially look forward to Spotify Wrapped—an annual snapshot of our music listening habits and a reflection of the tunes that kept us going throughout the year. As we look back on a decade’s worth of our obsessive […]

Happy Holidays from Ocean Conservancy

Published by Ocean Conservancy The holiday season is a time for reflection, gratitude and hope. We are proud and humbled by the victories we’ve accomplished for our ocean this year—and we couldn’t have done it without you. Together, we are a strong global community of advocates who can accomplish great things for our ocean. Thanks to […]

NOAA Budget Agreed to for 2020

Published by Ocean Conservancy This week in Washington was one for the history books. But while the news cameras were pointed elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Congress finally took steps to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2020 (which actually started back in October). As always with budgets, compromises between parties and between both chambers of […]

Developing Local Solutions to Ghost Gear, In and Out of The Water

Published by Ocean Conservancy This blog was written by Ingrid Giskes, the Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), where she works to tackle the most harmful form of marine debris in our ocean: lost and abandoned fishing gear. She has a background in international policy and has been working in this field for the last seven years. When she’s not traveling, Ingrid lives […]

Six NFL Players Join #TeamOcean for My Cause My Cleats Games

Published by Ocean Conservancy Some people wear causes on their sleeve. This Sunday, six NFL players will wear causes on their cleats for the fourth-annual edition of the My Cause My Cleats (MCMC) initiative. Players from coast to coast are joining #TeamOcean by choosing to put our ocean on display when their teams take the field […]

Bringing Our Ocean to This Year’s UN Climate Change Conference

Published by Ocean Conservancy For decades, countries have largely overlooked our ocean within the UN’s climate change negotiations, despite the ocean having an outsized role in the functioning of our entire planet. But this year is different. This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP) is known as the “Blue COP.” The ocean will be more prominent […]

This Thanksgiving, We Give Thanks for You

Published by Ocean Conservancy Thanksgiving is always a time for reflection and gratitude, and this year is no exception. This Thanksgiving, we would like to express our appreciation and celebrate some ocean victories—many of which were possible because of the support of ocean advocates like you. I could not be prouder of our Ocean Conservancy team, […]

In Honor of Native American Defenders of Our Ocean

Published by Ocean Conservancy It was my first time in America. As my foot touched the ground in California, I recall thinking something like, “This is the landmass of the earth called the United States of America that I vaguely know from Hollywood movies.” Yet, what is now known as the United States is really the home […]

Dolphins Fans, Rejoice: Hard Rock Stadium Cutting 2.8 Million Single-Use Plastic Items in Time for Super Bowl LIV

Published by Ocean Conservancy Ardent Dolphins fans may already have heard the big news: Hard Rock Stadium—home of the Miami Dolphins and Super Bowl LIV–is ditching single-use plastics in favor of more easily recyclable alternatives. That means some 2.8 million fewer pieces of single-use plastic, including plastic beverage bottles, cups and cutlery, will be circulating in […]

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