it’s difficult to reconcile how the most beautiful things you have ever experienced can be the worst they’ve ever been. But the data is clear—we've lost more than we can imagine.
Higuera's 20 years documenting life around the Gulf of California and Revillagigedo Islands have substantially contributed to photo-ID databases of animals from manta rays to orcas.
The Ocean Voyages Institute retrieved 211,644 pounds of discarded fishing gear, consumer plastics and other waste—some of which had been floating for decades.