“I just love the sea and being in the water,” she says after resurfacing. Ohno is an ama diver, or a “sea woman” as they are known in Japan. For centuries, these traditional fisherwomen have lived off ...

A Turtle Excluder Device, made in India, receives approval from the U.S. raising hopes that the five-year ban on wild-caught shrimp be lifted soon. Designed to suit Indian conditions and in line with ...

Taxonomist Jini Jacob received the Ocean Census Awards 2024 for her work documenting over 60 novel nematode species. Nematodes or roundworms make up a majority of the marine meiofauna — minute ...

Data from the 2024 Fisheries Register presented by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (Fiskeridirektoratet, Fdir, in its Norwegian name and acronym), showed that the number of fisherwomen is ...

Last year was a big year for Fairbanks Museum, highlighted by major moments in the museum’s 136-year history, but in 2025, the museum will focus on the smaller things, both literally and ...

Remote beaches across the area are home to amagoya—diver huts—where visitors can immerse themselves in the lifestyle of these resilient fisherwomen and sample their latest catch. Nestled in ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Madagascar hosts the highest percentage of plant species endemic to a single island, with 83% of its flora unique to the island. This high endemism is attributed ...

The storm however caused flash floods in the neighbouring Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, where at least three people were killed. Dikeledi hit the northern coast of Madagascar as a cyclone ...

ANTANANARIVO (JANUARY 11, 2025) – Families and children in northern Madagascar are bracing for a deadly tropical storm, with fears of massive gusts of winds, violent storms and flooding, which have ...

Storm-chaser warns Eastern Cape residents to stay away from tornadoes after viral video SAWS shared a post on its Facebook page warning that the tropical storm is northeast of Madagascar. It is ...

A mighty blaze in Madagascar’s Ranomafana National Park is menacing the home of the world’s rarest lemur species. Disastrous dry conditions have turned the biodiversity haven into a tinderbox.

“If you love the wild, and exploration, then there is nowhere else like it on earth. Madagascar is its own world.” This lodge owner’s description isn’t hyperbole. Madagascar ...