Ocean ecosystems are essential to our world, and thankfully, we can still chart a new path forward to protect them.

The “Right Whale Coexistence Act” introduced to support survival and recovery of critically endangered species

Conservation groups seek reforms in crab and other California fisheries through collaborative effort

What’s causing the record number of whale entanglements off of the Pacific coast? Earthjustice is on the case.

Meet 16 of the hundreds of species Earthjustice has gone to court to protect.

“Science-based decision making is the core of the Endangered Species Act and has been essential to bringing numerous species back from the brink of extinction.”

A federal court bars use of entangling nets in vital right whale habitat

Federal government is legally required to take action

Legislation would provide desperately needed funding to protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale

In its attempt to open up U.S. waters to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration gave a green light to conduct harmful seismic surveys. We’re taking them to court.

Conservation groups seek reforms in crab and other California fisheries through collaborative effort

Right whales’ only known calving grounds threatened by Navy project

Conservation groups urge immediate implementation of protection plan

Court dismisses an industry challenge to the first U.S. Atlantic Ocean marine monument

Plans proceeding without survey of whale calving grounds

Warfare training facility near Florida runs through right whale territory

A new scientific study (pdf) paints a bleak picture for Hawai’i’s false killer whales. For nearly a decade, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s data(pdf) have shown the Hawai’i longline fishery is killing these rare marine mammals at rates far beyond what the population can sustain. The latest data show the number of false killer whales in…

Of “velcro” feathers and Pepto-Bismol (bonus: an amazing Right Whale tale)