The Ocean News Podcast

Stay informed with The Ocean News Podcast. Hosted by News Editor Rob Hutchins, this ocean news update delivers the most important stories on marine life, climate change, sustainability, and global ocean policy.
8 mins - S01 Episode 18

England makes HISTORY with first river to gain legal rights

In a ‘major step forward in the UK’s environmental movement’, the River Ouse - the spine of an extensive network of smaller streams fanning the Sussex county - joins an international cohort of rivers now recognised as ‘living entities’ with ‘intrinsic rights to exist’.

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9 mins - S01 Episode 17

Galapagos Island bird back after 200 years

Found along the coasts and mangroves as well as the highlands of the Galapagos Islands, the Galapagos crake (also known as the rail) has spent nearly 200 years undetected on the island of Floreana, leading many to believe it was locally extinct... until now.

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