36 years old Australian model Hannah Fraser is a professional mermaid, not something you see everyday. She does great work with children to raise awareness about marine conservation issues.

A judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Sea World that is based on the 13th amendment.

Fish, turtles, and birds are well known, now, as species impacted by plastic pollution in the oceans but the swirling concentration of bags, caps, and bits is increasingly becoming a problem for whales as well.

Bryant Austin is an unusual artist. He swims within inches of massive whales, photographing them to create high-resolution, life-sized images of the g…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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If you’ve been looking for a new reason to argue for saving the whales, researchers at the Australian Antarctic Division have come up with it. We’ve been hearing reports about the worrying effects of ocean acidification, and the even more worrying concepts for how to combat it, including dumping iron into the oceans as fertilizer for marine plant life, which stimulates growth all the way up the food chain. Right now, Read the full story on TreeHugger