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A National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition has arrived in the Marshall Islands to dive four of the Pacific nation’s 29 atolls – including Bikini, where

Fish Pono- Save our Reefs, a local public education campaign, aims to raise awareness on replenishing herbivore fish populations for healthy coral reefs.

When herbivores — our reef’s lawnmowers — such as uhu (parrotfishes), nenue (chubs), kala, kole, manini, other surgeonfishes and sea urchins are in low abundance, coral reefs are overgrown with seaweeds and begin to suffocate and die.

When herbivores are in low abundance, coral reefs are overgrown with seaweeds and begin to suffocate and die.

Researchers from the global tropics offer a different perspective on marine conservation, by shifting the focus to the people in the tropical regions

A round-up of news from around the Pacific including a breakthrough on climate change loss and damage payments.

National Geographics Pristine Seas initiative has launched The Global Expedition to support conservation efforts in the remote tropical Pacific.

National Geographic's Pristine Seas initiative has launched The Global Expedition to support conservation efforts in the remote tropical Pacific.

The National Geographic’s ‘unprecedented’ tour hopes to solve some of the ocean’s problems.

How do you make people care about protecting marine habitats and wildlife? You tell stories, says Enric Sala, an explorer-in-residence and founder of the Pristine Seas project at the National Geographic Society. “We need to show people how wonderful and awesome the ocean is, what a miracle it is to have an ocean full of […]