The green sea turtle is among the most elegant marine creatures cruising through our oceans. Known for their gentle demeanor and striking appearance, these marine turtles are vital to ocean ecosystems ...

However, these stunning views come at a steep environmental cost—thousands of acres of seagrass beds surrounding tropical resorts worldwide are destroyed to achieve this Instagrammable aesthetic.

An indigenous child fisher in Indonesia collecting urchins and porcupine fish in seagrass The importance of seagrasses is further emphasised in a new report that looks at how they underpin fishing ...

they tend to inhabit rocky coastal areas and seagrass meadows ... develops this characteristic through its largely vegetarian diet. The man from the 1994 incident had suffered a case of the ...

Seagrass meadows serve as excellent breeding ... Whales for example can absorb tons of carbon as their diet consists mainly of plankton and tiny shrimplike crustaceans called krill.

While manatees eat a broad diet of over 60 different plants, they most commonly feed on species of seagrass. Seagrasses are marine plants that, like land plants, have leaves, flowers, roots and ...