Urban Ocean Summit Successfully Supports Cities
As our ocean connects us, so does the need for solutions to protect it. Research has shown that one of the main ways to reduce the flow of plastic to the ocean is by improving urban recycling and waste collection systems...
Urban Ocean Summit Successfully Supports Cities
Everyone knows if they are a cat person or a dog person, but have you ever asked yourself this question: “Am I a catfish person or a dogfish person?” When on land, I’m a cat person through and through. But when it comes...
Everything You Need to Know About Dogfish
With one look at the snailfish, you can see where it gets its name. Its gelatinous, tadpole-like appearance is reminiscent of a snail without its shell (if that snail had fins). Although these translucent critters might...
The Slimy, Scaleless Snailfish
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … the annual Ocean Conservancy Photo Contest has arrived! Now is your chance to submit your pictures that capture the wonder, beauty and state of our ocean—and this year, we’re ex...
2022 Photo Contest is Open for Submissions
When you think of coral reefs, you most likely picture a tropical underwater landscape with clownfish and blacktip reef sharks swimming gracefully. But, did you know that coral reefs are also found in the cold, dark wate...
5 Facts About Cold Water Corals
The next time you happen to step in some mud, keep an eye out for the mudskipper: the fish that can walk. This curious creature is known for many wacky traits, including its crazy-looking frog eyes and the fact that it c...
5 Facts About Mudskippers
There aren’t many movies that make me want to sing as much as the classic Disney princess film The Little Mermaid. From “Under the Sea” to “Part of Your World,” this fin-credible 1989 animated production boasts a cast wi...
Meet the Real Ocean Animals of The Little Mermaid
There are a lot of ocean animals out there that make you think, “what the heck … ?” You have the hagfish with its slime that is 100,000 times softer than Jell-O. You have the deep-sea lizardfish which is a big-toothed, s...
Tongue-Eating Louse Actually Eats Tongues
On Earth Day we cannot miss the opportunity to point out that our planet is mostly ocean. But can you blame us? With almost three quarters of Earth covered in salt water, Earth Day is the perfect time to talk about how p...
4 Things You Can Do for Our Ocean this Earth Day
Earlier this month a man in Texas took a video of a curious creature he found on the beach. Not knowing what it was, he took a video and uploaded it to Reddit where it was immediately identified as a cute but venomous cr...