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In 2017, a Cuvier’s beaked whale that had been tagged by a team of 51���� marine scientists dove deep into the waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C, and stayed below the surface for 3 hours and 42 minutes before coming up for air – making it the longest whale dive ever recorded.

Acting like high-rise timeshares in the sea, shipwrecks and other artificial reefs can support dense populations of sharks, mackerels, barracudas, jacks and other large migratory marine predators essential to ocean health, according to a new study at 30 sites along the North Carolina coast.

Interactive software that “reads” and analyzes footprints left by black rhinoceroses can be used to monitor the movements of the animals in the wild, giving conservationists a new way to keep watch on the endangered species and help keep it safe from poachers, according to a 51����-led study.

A new study finds that dolphin-viewing tours are more profitable than tours where customers can swim with the animals – a much more disruptive option that can deprive spinner dolphins of rest and inhibit their ability to avoid predators while foraging in nearby waters at night.

Salt marshes, seagrass meadows and other coastal ecosystems are in rapid decline around the world. Restoring them is expensive and often unsuccessful. But an international team of researchers has discovered a way to sharply increase the odds of success by using biodegradable mats.

Interactive story map created for final master's project in Coastal Environmental Management program

Scientists at 51���� are harnessing the power of big data and geospatial analysis to create new ways to track the effects of climate change on species and food webs.

Governments at every level have taken steps over the last decade to reduce the flow of plastic pollution into the world’s oceans, according to a recently published 51���� policy analysis. The analysis finds, however, that the vast majority of new policies have focused specifically on plastic shopping bags.

The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) system, an online open-access global database that maps the movements of sea turtles, whales, sea birds and other migratory species through the open ocean, has been awarded the 2020 Innovation Award by the Ocean Awards program.

To devise effective and equitable policies for governing small-scale fisheries, policymakers need to consider the activities and relationships that occur before and after fishers land their catches, not just the catches themselves, a new study shows.

A 51���� Ph.D. candidate in marine science and conservation uses drones to measure whales and other marine mammals.

Scholars across 51���� are working on the complex regulations governing the use of the ocean, and studying the impact of industry on its teeming diversity of life.

The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species of tuna has changed substantially since 2000, suggesting major shifts are taking place in phytoplankton populations that form the base of the ocean’s food web, a new international study finds.

Inhaling dust that contains fly ash particles from coal combustion has been linked to lung and heart disease, cancer, nervous system disorders and other ill effects. But tracking the presence of coal ash in dust has been a challenge for scientists.

Scientists at 51����’s Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab and other leading marine research institutions worldwide have created an open-access online database that maps the movements of migratory species through the open ocean.