Center for Biological Diversity

Federal Government Agrees to Protect Green Sea Turtle Habitat

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service must designate protected critical habitat for green sea turtles under a new legal agreement with ...
The Desert Sun

Salton Sea habitat project breaks ground near New River delta

Construction began this week on a 4,110-acre wetlands project on the Salton Sea's playa near the mouth of the highly polluted New River, the California Department of Natural Resources announced ...
New Atlas

Soggy professor breaks underwater-living record in sea habitat

A professor from the University of South Florida has broken the world record for living in an underwater habitat. Associate Professor Joseph Dituri resided inside Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo ...
Los Angeles Times

Deep sea coral habitat likely to get protection by closure of fisheries off NorCal coast

The Pacific Fishery Management Council will consider Thursday choosing among several areas off Monterey Bay to protect in order to restore and preserve deep-sea corals that create habitat for ...
Science Daily

American lobster, sea scallop habitat could shift off the northeast

Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. They used a suite of models to ...
Phys.org

Coastal development, changing climate threaten sea turtle nesting habitat

A research team led by Florida State University found that sea turtles in the U.S. will have less suitable nesting habitat in the future because of climate change and coastal development. "A ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Endangered Orcas’ West Coast Habitat Receives New Federal Protection

SEATTLE— Responding to legal pressure from the Center for Biological Diversity, the federal government finalized a new rule today expanding critical habitat protection along the West Coast for ...