By Dave van Beuningen | July 26, 2023 While the East Coast of Africa, including the shorelines of Mozambique, contain some of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world, the outlook for sharks and rays and the ecological role they play is in question. In 2019, Mozambique joined the…

By Naseeba Sidat | July 26, 2023 Sharks and rays are important sources of protein and are economically profitable, contributing to the livelihoods of many coastal communities. They also contribute to the health of the oceans by maintaining balance in the food chain and controlling the populations of their prey…

By Kemen Austin | June 2, 2023 There is more carbon stored in peat than in all of the world’s forests combined. This amount of carbon (roughly 600 billion tons) is approximately equivalent to three-quarters of the carbon in earth’s atmosphere, and more than twice the carbon stored in known…

By Stephen Martinelli | March 10, 2023 Last week at Our Ocean 2023 in Panama, WCS announced the launch of the 30x30 Ocean Accelerator to advance the historic goal of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030. As part of our launch, we’re highlighting a few of the…

By Emily Denstedt | March 10, 2023 For those of us working in conservation, public health, or veterinary medicine, you may have heard or used the term “One Health.” And if you haven’t yet, you will soon. The World Health Organization’s One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has defined One…

By Emily Bernal | March 2, 2023 In 2021, I had an undergraduate college experience that afforded me an opportunity to travel the globe. Whereas in “normal times” a student like me might trade her computer for a backpack and passport for new experiences in a far-flung part of the…

By Kasper Agger | December 21, 2022 Mwamagembe, with a population of 6,500 inhabitants, comes across as a perfectly normal village in rural Tanzania. A dusty road runs through the village, lined with simple one-story buildings and a few restaurants where food is cooked on the open fire. Life is…

By Sushil Raj | December 13, 2022 [Note: this essay was originally published by PBS Nature.] The long-awaited biennial Conference of the Parties-or COP-to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity got underway last week in Montreal after a two-year delay caused by the covid pandemic. The convention is working toward…

December 5, 2022 Sulemani Mohamed loves sharks. While most people fear the apex predators, they are a “keystone species” — an animal that helps define and maintain entire marine ecosystems. Perhaps that’s why Sulemani feels such a connection to these aquatic animals, as he too works hard to keep a…