1 out of every 3 bites of food you eat comes from the work of pollinators. Pollinators include more than just bees; there are over 200,000 species of pollinating animals, including butterflies, bats, birds, small mammals, and even some lizards. These animals perform a vital ecosystem service that benefits both humans and the environment. ...
SCUBA Divers Break World Record for Underwater Cleanup
For the past 15 years, Dixie Divers in Deerfield Beach, FL has been hosting an annual Save Deerfield Beach event to clean the local shoreline. This year, dive shop owner Arilton Pavan and the Deerfield Beach Women’s Club sought to make their biggest impact yet by breaking the world record for the largest underwater cleanup. ...
Artificial Reefs Harbor “Refugee” Fish in North Carolina
The ability of artificial reefs to increase fish populations has been well-known for centuries. Beginning in the United States in the 1800s, and even earlier in Japan, fishermen have been placing logs and other structures in waterways to increase fish stock. Today, artificial reefs are becoming increasingly popular as a conservation tool, and a recent study by researchers at ...
Right Whale Calves Spark Hope for the Future
Photo by Brigit Katz, Smithsonian.com The history of the North Atlantic right whale is a harrowing one. For thousands of years, whales have held cultural and nutritional significance for indigenous people on the Atlantic coastlines. However, these whales quickly became victims of commercial for-profit whaling by several different countries. These mysterious creatures earned ...
The Washed Ashore Project: Conserving Marine Life Through Art
Plastic pollution is an issue that has increasingly been dominating conversations surrounding the environment. Every year, over 8 million tons of plastic enters our oceans—and it doesn’t go away. Rather than decomposing, plastic continuously accumulates in the ocean, threatening all life on Earth. Marine animals mistake debris for food or become entangled, toxic chemicals leach ...
