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Marine Conservation

"Living Seawalls" Provide New Homes for Coastal Marine Life—And They're Going Global

Spreading around the world from Australia, these 3D panels help restore marine habitats damaged by shoreline development.

A Coral Disease is Spreading Through World's Second-Largest Barrier Reef

More than 20 types of reef-building hard corals are affected by stony coral tissue loss disease.

Scientists Race to Figure Out Why Grey Whale Deaths are Spiking

Dwinding food supplies, ship strikes and fishing gear entanglement are all contributing to an Unusual Mortality Event among grey whale populations migraging along the West Coast.

How Divers Can Help Protect 30 Percent of the Ocean by 2030

PADI AWARE and Blancpain will provide the strategy, road maps and tools needed for government buy-in to dive centers that identify local areas in need of protection.

Fences and Electric-Shock Robots: The New Tech of the Caribbean's Lionfish Battle

While dive derbies are the longstanding frontline against the invasive fish, scientists hope new tech can more effectively cull its populations.

New Artificial Reefs Coming to the Florida Panhandle

Okaloosa County is laying the groundwork for a new diving destination with wrecks and snorkel trails off the Destin-Fort Walton coast.

PADI AWARE Announces 2022 Marine Conservation Grant Recipients

The organization is supporting coral restoration, marine protected areas, vulnerable species and more.

New Zealand Sea Sponges Suffer Mass Bleaching For The First Time

The mass bleaching of native sea sponges was spotted for the first time in New Zealand’s Breaksea Sound and Doubtful Sound fjords in Fiordland.

How Kitchen Vinegar Is Keeping Sea Star Populations in Check

When injected with vinegar, the endemic coral-eater will die within 48 hours without negative impacts on the surrounding ecosystem, according to a years-long study.