Learn about Seafood Watch, which helps simplify the complex world of sustainable fisheries management to save fish and their habitats.

Human-made noises in the ocean environment can hurt whales and other marine life. Here's why it's a problem and what we can do about it.

Fish (and many marine invertebrates) don't have lungs. In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman explains how gills work.

In the latest edition of “organizations divers should know,” Dr. David Shiffman introduces you to the Asian Shark and Ray Alliance. This new organization will bring together shark scientists and conservationists from across Asia—but they need your help.

Bipartisan legislation would ban the practice of feeding sharks off Florida’s coast, which supporters say will keep people safer and reduce conflict with recreational anglers. But the scientific evidence is mixed, and so are reactions from the dive community. 

In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman discusses the importance of predator conservation.

In the latest "Organizations Divers Should Know," David Shiffman, Ph.D. explores Project Seahorse, a collaboration of researchers and conservationists working to study and protect threatened seahorses, sea dragons and pipefish.

The latest "Ask a Marine Biologist" by Dr. David Shiffman discusses the hows and whys of cephalopod color change.

The Marine Protection Atlas is the world’s record-keeper for marine protected areas, and it’s run by the Marine Conservation Institute. It’s a critical resource for tracking conservation efforts and characteristics of over 1,000 global MPAs.