From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

Enric Sala, a marine biologist and founder of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas program, who helped to create marine monuments in the Pacific and elsewhere, says leaving the boundaries intact ...

“I was outraged,” says Sala, who is also the founder of Pristine Seas, a National Geographic Society conservation program that has established 29 of the largest marine protected areas in the ...

The group also worked with National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas project, an initiative to protected 20 of the ocean's wildest places by 2020. Ascension Island will be the 22nd marine ...

It was an 800-mile,16-day journey across freezing, rough seas whipped by hurricane-force gales. “The wind simply shrieked as it tore the tops off the waves,” Shackleton wrote.

Later this year, National Geographic Pristine Seas will make the documentary film available to educators at schools, universities, museums, and libraries, and for educational and charitable ...

As coral cover declines, researchers reveal healthy marine life below the surface, raising optimism for recovery and long-term protection.

These observations were made during an expedition into the FSM atolls — a major collaboration between UOG, FSM national and state governments, National Geographic Pristine Seas, Micronesia ...

“The pace of implementation of marine protected areas is totally inadequate for what the world needs,” says Enric Sala, co-author of the study and founder of National Geographic Pristine Seas.