Since 2013, billions of sea stars, an elegant ocean species commonly known as starfish that are a key part of the environment ...

The findings come months before a UN biodiversity summit later this year when countries are expected to commit to protect roughly a third of the world’s oceans by 2030.

A key aim of the UN oceans conference, which runs until Friday, is to get 60 countries to ratify a High Seas Treaty and thus bring it into force. This agreement was made two years ago to put 30% ...

Anchored between Key West's Old Town and the airport, the half-mile-long sweep of powdery sand is fringed by palm trees and washed by translucent turquoise ocean.