"Recovery can be slow and difficult." Scientists raise red flag after uncovering overlooked threat lurking in ocean waters: 'Livelihoods suffer' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Ghost nets—often discarded by fishing trawlers—are one of the biggest threats to marine life. Strong ocean currents can carry ghost nets over long distances, eventually washing them ashore.

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

For the last 12 years a company called Bureo has been working with local fisherman to remove dangerous nets from the ocean.

A new competition was launched to develop innovative tools that can be used to cut and remove derelict fishing nets from the ...

The bill, Senate Bill 1017 by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Redondo Beach, requires the state to set up a program to buy back nets and fishing permits from commercial fishermen who work in the state’s ...

Attenborough ignores pollution; he ignores crashing plankton populations, microplastics, and the economics that drive ...

When fishermen set out into the ocean, they often return to shore without their nets. Sometimes, pieces of their nets get lost. Sometimes, they choose to abandon them because them because they ...

The dramatic moment a whale entangled in fishing nets off the coast of Queensland was rescued has been caught on tape.

Humpback whales blow spiraling circles of bubbles to create underwater nets for their tiny prey, krill. Hunter Warick/Alaska Whale Foundation, images collected under NMFS Permit #19703 hide caption ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid. The colorful, three-foot squid species was only known to scientists ...