A new study shows that after listening to student presentations or watching student-produced videos about ocean plastics pollution and other garbage in North Carolina waters, local officials and voters reported feeling greater concern about the issue.

Thirteen Nicholas School of the Environment undergraduate students will present their senior theses, a core component of earning Graduation with Distinction honors.

Ocean mammals are at a crossroads, with some species at risk of extinction and others showing signs of recovery, a new study by an international team of researchers shows.

A new $411,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is funding a four-year study by Duke University researchers to better understand the cumulative effects of human and natural stresses on critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Two Nicholas School faculty members have been recognized by the university – and by their students – as being among Duke University’s best teachers.

Academic journals’ current name-change policies unintentionally discriminate against transgender researchers and may increase the risks of discrimination, harassment and violence against them, a new peer-reviewed paper finds.

Fewer than 366 surviving North Atlantic right whales remain on Earth as extinction pressures mount on the critically endangered species, a new assessment published today in the journal Diseases of Aquatic Organisms finds.

Duke University’s Repass-Rodgers Scholars Program has named juniors Scott Burstein and Simran Sokhi as its newest scholars.

Duke University’s Scholars in Marine Medicine program, which offers an interdisciplinary research experience for pre-health majors interested in marine biology or environmental science, has announced six new members.

The National Academy of Sciences selected doctoral student Anjali Boyd to serve as an early career liaison to the U.S. National Committee for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Twelve Duke University undergraduate students have been selected for the Rachel Carson Scholars Program, which aims to train the next generation of marine conservation leaders.

Policies that more strongly recognize the value of sustainable seafood as a source of nutrition, not just a source of livelihoods, could strengthen global food security and help take a big bite out of world hunger, a new analysis by an international team of experts shows.

A new paper outlines some of the greatest coastal restoration successes in recent decades and identifies lessons we can learn from them to protect and restore similar environments worldwide.

As the year draws to a close, take a look back at the Nicholas School's most popular stories of 2020.

Researchers have used automatic identification systems (AIS) satellite data and other spatial analysis tools to identify more than 1,000 companies that fish in the high seas—waters that lie outside national jurisdiction where fishing has raised fears about environmental and labor violations.