The illegal hunting of Madagascar's sea turtles is reaching a crisis level as a result of organized trafficking networks says a team of conservationists. The team asserts that the recent spike in the ...

Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on the turquoise Mozambique channel, miles off the west coast of Madagascar. It's a sunny morning. The only land in view is a tiny islet of white sand ...

Madagascar’s marine biodiversity is facing a grave crisis due to the escalating illegal trade in sea cucumbers. The intense demand for these marine invertebrates in East Asia, particularly China, has ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society congratulates Madagascar’s Ministry of Fisheries and local communities around Ankarea Marine Protected Area (MPA) for eliminating illegal sea cucumber harvesting from ...

For centuries, Chinese people have sought sea cucumbers as an ingredient in traditional medicine or as a high-status food. In recent decades, skyrocketing demand and prices have led to a marine gold ...

The first hatching of Green Turtles recorded as a direct result of efforts to protect the species in southwest Madagascar has been witnessed by marine conservationists working for British charity, ...

Shark and ray species (over 1,200 species globally) are literally and figuratively in hot water—their populations are declining and some of their body parts are among the most valuable in the global ...

Seven children died of food poisoning after eating sea turtle, officials in Madagascar said on Wednesday. The children, between a few months and 4 years old, were from the same family in the north of ...

A deep sea explorer said he found a 17th-century pirate’s treasure off the coast of Madagascar Thursday. Barry Clifford said he recovered Scottish pirate William Kidd’s bounty, including a 100-pound ...

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to preserve both sea life —... Bursts of laughter echo from a speedboard bobbing on ...