More than 20 new marine protected areas in coastal waters were announced at the third U.N. ocean conference this week.

A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown ...

The third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close Nice yesterday following five days of high-level meetings between ...

Greece, Samoa and Colombia were among 14 nations who unveiled plans for vast new marine protected areas, taking the share of ...

A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown ...

Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 ...

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s first female president, died at 95 in San José, Costa Rica, on. Learn about her legacy of peace ...

Ojochal, Costa Rica, evolved from a rural village to a foreign-owned tourist enclave. Learn about the impacts of ...

The UN Ocean Conference ended with the 'High Seas Treaty' moving closer to becoming a global law to safeguard life in international waters through long-term protection of marine biodiversity in the ...

The health sector has come into public focus in recent weeks, not least due to the outbreak of chikungunya, an increased number of dengue and related mosquito-borne viral illnesses, a new variant of ...