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In 1958, Just 440 of These Whales Were Left. Today There Are 25,000.

In 1958, about 440 humpback whales were left in the western South Atlantic. Today there are 25,000. Forty years after the world banned commercial whaling, here's what their comeback proves about the...

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🌱 Ocean Hope 12 July 2026

23 Right Whale Calves Were Just Born. Best Year Since 2009.

23 North Atlantic right whale calves were born this season, the highest count in 17 years. Small population, big number,...
🌱 Ocean Hope 12 July 2026

Ghana Just Declared Its First-Ever Marine Protected Area

After more than 15 years of advocacy, Ghana has designated a 703 km² marine protected area at Greater Cape Three...
🌱 Ocean Hope 11 July 2026

Baby Corals Are Getting a Second Chance on the Great Barrier Reef

Once a year, the Great Barrier Reef spawns, and almost none of it survives in the wild. Here's how one...
🌱 Ocean Hope 10 July 2026

Cornwall Just Launched the UK's Biggest Seagrass Restoration Project — And It's Bringing Oysters Back Too

Ten hectares of seagrass meadow, tens of thousands of hand-raised seedlings, and a native oyster population that hasn't defined these...
🌱 Ocean Hope 10 July 2026

A Kelp Forest That Disappeared in the 1990s Just Started Regrowing Itself

On the floor of Puget Sound, a bull kelp forest that vanished decades ago has done something restoration teams rarely...
🌱 Ocean Hope 06 July 2026

The World's Oceans Just Passed a Milestone Six Years in the Making

Marine protected areas now cover just over 10% of the planet's oceans, a target the world first promised to hit...
🌱 Ocean Hope 01 July 2026

Nearly 16,000 Corals Have Gone Back Onto the Florida Keys Reef This Year

Three years after a historic marine heatwave scorched the Florida Keys reef tract, restoration crews have quietly returned almost 16,000...
🌱 Ocean Hope 30 June 2026

São Tomé Just Turned a Promise Into Its First Two Marine Protected Areas

Less than a year after committing to a network of eight marine protected areas, the island nation of São Tomé...