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Turtles have been plodding the Earth and gliding through its waters for more than 200 million years. Some species now face a very uncertain future.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity"s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact. Click on the link below to read the full article.

A recently published study, led by researchers at the University of Hawai"i at M"noa, identified areas in the Hawaiian Islands that would provide the greatest increase in coastal fishery stocks, if effectively managed.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

On international day for biological diversity, the IUCN celebrates successful conservation action with images and stories of 12 species and the efforts underway to improve their status.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

...a group of researchers spent five weeks looking for five species of rare bats and flying foxes in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Mary Bainimarama, the wife of Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe, has used the Fukushima tsunami of 2011 to call for global action and policy on ocean conservation.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The nonprofit group The Nature Conservancy and famed environmentalist and actor Leonardo DiCaprio bought $22 million in debt owed to various countries in exchange for the creation of two reserves around two critical ecosystems, TNC announced.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Vatu-i-Ra Conservation Park has been dubbed as Fiji"s biggest conservation park covering an area of 110 square kilo­metres. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Sea cucumbers play an important role in the recycling and remineralization of organic matter (OM) in reef sands through feeding, excretion, and bioturbation processes.

The Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme has found levels of plastic in areas of the Southern Ocean " the world's remotest ocean - that have never before been tested.Click on the link below to read the full article.