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Nearly a year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. development aid, USAID has permanently closed its offices in several African countries. Behind this move lies a huge collapse in climate financing, threatening dozens of ongoing environmental initiatives.…
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
OAR Global Systems Laboratory Our History An artist’s rendition of a NOAA polar-orbiting satellite. These satellites circle the earth in a north-south orbit, passing close to both poles. (Image credit: Lockheed Martin) Download Image December 11, 2025 OAR Global Systems…
Historical Development of Fisheries Science and Management O. E. Sette, Director of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Laboratory in 1929, examining larval mackerel. (Image credit: NOAA) Download Image December 11, 2025 Historical Development of Fisheries Science and Management 0 Off
History of NOAA Fisheries in the Northeast First U.S. Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird (on shore, at right) and colleagues seining in Little Harbor, Woods Hole, circa 1875. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC Historical Collection) Download Image December 11, 2025 History of…
NOAA Fisheries: Our History The original Woods Hole, MA lab building with renovations in 1875. A crate housing a piano is visible on the horse-drawn carriage at right. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries, NEFSC Historical Collection) Download Image December 11, 2025…
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.
Off the coast of British Columbia, dolphins lead killer whales to salmon and earn their share of lunch, a new study reveals.
Far more manta and devil rays die in fisheries than previously understood, with annual deaths surpassing 259,000 individuals, a new study has found. It suggests that fishing pressure on these slow-growing species in the genus Mobula is much greater than…
It’s a fundamental question for ecologists in this age: How are biodiversity losses reshaping how ecosystems function? A recent study quantifies the impact of biodiversity and abundance losses on ecological functions by tracking the energy flows within them. “African wildlife…