Conservation News

Across the Indian and Pacific oceans, tiny atolls are facing an existential crisis. But not all islands are equally vulnerable — it comes down to ecosystem health.

May 21, 2025

Conservation International science fuels effort to help island countries manage a deep shift in their waters.

February 19, 2025

Pacific sheath-tailed bats are vanishing across Oceania. But recently, an expedition on one of Fiji’s least visited islands made a remarkable discovery: A cave containing thousands of Pacific sheath-tailed bats.

October 30, 2023

The small South Pacific island nation of Niue recently launched a first-of-its-kind sustainable funding initiative that enables anyone to sponsor a square kilometer of its ocean waters — a sanctuary for humpback whales, sea snakes and gray reef sharks.

September 25, 2023

A small Pacific island nation is behind a landmark U.N. resolution that could hold carbon-polluting countries to account for failing to act on climate change. Conservation News explains what the resolution means and how it could advance climate justice.

April 6, 2023

Ocean warming will alter the habitats of tuna, which could have catastrophic economic consequences for Pacific Island nations and territories, according to a new study.

July 29, 2021

Human Nature spoke with a tuna expert about the powerful ways climate change will affect tuna populations.

July 1, 2019

Knowing where the turtles go is the first step to protecting them.

May 22, 2018

Voyagers in Samoa use the Va’a as a way to connect with other cultures while learning to live in harmony with nature.

February 23, 2018

A new study in Science on climate change’s effect on mass species migration reveals the impact on humans will be monumental.

April 3, 2017