A Day in the Delta (blog)
The Ocean Foundation | 21 May 2013
One recent Monday, I got to spend the day doing something outside, not in a conference room, not in my office, just out in one of North America's great natural wonders. Directly north of Mobile Bay, within a broad river valley that leads northward to the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers, lies a vast region of wetlands known by various names, including the Mobile-Tensaw delta, the Mobile Delta, or simply the Delta.
 Atlantic Ocean | Biodiversity | Conservation

In Pursuit of an Underwater Menagerie
New York Times | 07 May 2013
Two 19th-century glassmakers created a collection of anatomically perfect sculptures of marine creatures. Now, a hunt is on to find the animals that inspired them.
 Biodiversity | Research

Experts Call for Network to Monitor Marine Biodiversity
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 23 Apr 2013
A group of oceanographic experts is calling for the establishment of a national network to monitor the diversity of marine life, a key bellwether of ocean and human health.
 Biodiversity | Research

Giant squid family secrets revealed
BBC | 20 Mar 2013
Giant squid around the world are "basically identical" despite looking very different, scientists say.
 Biodiversity | Research

Sandwatch pilot project launched in two schools in Lhoknga, Aceh, Indonesia
UNESCO | 14 Mar 2013
Lhoknga, located in Aceh Besar district close to Banda Aceh, has a beautiful long coastline. It is rich in coastal and marine biodiversity, and is also where sea turtles lay eggs during September to May. The objective of the Sandwatch pilot project is to strengthen existing local curriculum on coastal environment by emphasizing school-based, hands-on beach monitoring.
 Indian Ocean | Biodiversity | Research

Submarine sent to world's deepest sea vents
New Zealand Herald | 28 Feb 2013
Researchers steering a remote-controlled submarine around the world's deepest known hydrothermal vents have collected numerous samples from sunless depths of the Caribbean Sea.
 Atlantic Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Research

Lion's mane jellyfish - picture of the day
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Feb 2013
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. This may look like something from outer space but it is in fact a jellyfish, photographed by Alexander Semenov in the freezing waters of the White Sea off the coast of northwest Russia.
 Arctic Ocean | Biodiversity

Vibrant mix of marine life found at extreme ocean depths, Scripps analysis reveals
EurekAlert | 21 Feb 2013
(University of California - San Diego) The first scientific examinations of data recorded during a record-setting expedition have yielded new insights about the diversity of creatures that live and thrive in the cold, dark, and highly pressurized habitats of the world's deepest points and their vastly unexplored ecosystems.
 Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Research

Maldives: Entire country to become UNESCO Biosphere Reserve by 2017
cbd.int | 18 Feb 2013
In response to the call for champions in support of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the Republic of Maldives has pledged to become the first nation where the entire country and its Exclusive Economic Zone will be a Biosphere Reserve.
 Indian Ocean | Biodiversity | Marine Protected Area | Small Island Developing States

New species of fish discovered in ocean trench near NZ
New Zealand Herald | 05 Feb 2013
An expedition to one of the deepest ocean trenches has discovered a new species of fish and another not previously caught in the southwest Pacific, giving scientists a better understanding of biodiversity in the deep seas around New Zealand.
 Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Deep Sea | Fish