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The Last Wild Places In the Ocean Webcast

The ocean is not as natural as it once was. Where there used to be large predators...

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 16:36

Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...

September 2011

The shell of a sea slug

A Microscopic Identity Crisis

Using DNA to identify larval species in the Gulf Stream Unseen by the...

August 2017