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(Reuters) - The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change. Read more: World Bank issues SOS for oceans, backs alliance

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MIAMI, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a neurotoxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases in humans, including Alzheimer's and Lou Gehrig's disease, has been found in shark fins. See the rest here: Toxins in shark fins linked to human ills

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Scientists in Australia have discovered a species of sea snake in estuaries of the Gulf of Carpenteria in northern Australia. The snake is described in the current issue of Zootaxa. See the rest here: Scientists discover deadly new sea snake

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A moth with a taste for Chardonnay leaves, which has infested vineyards across northern Italy, is a new species of leafminer, scientists say. Here is the original post: New moth species invades Italy's vineyards

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SACRAMENTO, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- California, which already has a state flower, a state bird and even a state fossil, may soon have an official marine reptile, lawmakers say. View original post here: Bill would make turtle California symbol

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Study of wing sizes of two wasp species helps explain huge diversity of shapes and sizes of organisms in nature Originally posted here: A Biodiversity Discovery That Was Waiting in the Wings--Wasp Wings, That Is

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WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Biodiversity booms and busts every 60 million years could be tied to a geological cycle of periodic uplifting of the world's continents, U.S. researchers say. View post: Geology may have driven species extinction

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Potential threats to the rare Sumatran rhino, coral reefs, and other fragile animals helped galvanize a highly publicized fight last year to stop a coal-fired plant from being built on the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia. View original post here: Concern Over Rare Rhino Rouses Clean Energy Drive in Malaysia

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Soweto residents were taken on a wetland educational tour yesterday. This was part of the Gauteng chapter of the World Wetland Day celebrations. See the rest here: Soweto celebrates biodiversity

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Cinq ans après avoir jeté l'ancre, le Sedna IV et son chef de mission, le biologiste Jean Lemire, entameront bientôt une expédition de trois ans consacrée à la biodiversité. The rest is here: Le Sedna IV repart à l'aventure pour célébrer la biodiversité