Animals

I first moved here to the Keys in Sept. 2018 on a whim — after applying for a coral restoration internship on Instagram. Curious about scientific diving, eager to make an impact and unsure what my purpose in life really was, I didn’t know what to expect. 

Imagine drinking a frothy, creamy milkshake — or maybe a cheesy, melty slice of pizza with a perfect cheese pull. Perhaps you start your day with a foamy cappuccino, or a bowl of your favorite yogurt topped with berries. Now, imagine enjoying your favorite dairy-filled treats, but ones that weren’t produced with cow-made milk.  600 […]

In an effort to call attention to the increasing vulnerability of coral reefs and the world’s oceans in the face of the climate crisis, British-South African endurance swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh is attempting what is thought to be the world’s first swim across the Red Sea, the Lewis Pugh Foundation […]

Not only does the ghost fishing gear account for about 46 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a new study has found that the amount of commercial fishing line left in Earth’s oceans each year is enough to stretch to the moon and back, reported The Guardian.

Scientists studying over 1,500 miles of the Rocky Mountains have documented competition between mountain goats and bighorn sheep.

Normally tree-dwelling primates impacted by the twin pressures of climate change and deforestation are starting to spend more time on the ground. 

Chicken raised in Brazil and sold in UK supermarkets has been linked to Amazon deforestation for the first time. 

The trillions of pieces of plastic that end up in Earth’s oceans each year are wreaking havoc on the hundreds of thousands of marine organisms who live there. Mammals like whales and smaller organisms like fish ingest plastic particles, which contain toxins that stay in the animals’ bodies and are passed along to the organisms […]