The EARTH FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL will take place Sat., July 29 from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Hollywood's iconic Egyptian Theatre.

Reef Check partners up with campaign to reduce plastic-straw use - sign the pledge!

Reef Check California has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund two multi-day expeditions to the Big Sur Coast and the Channel Islands to monitor the ongoing health of the areas' marine ecosystems. The campaign ends on July 1, so show

Join Alexis Bittar Venice on Friday, June 30 for a special fundraising event benefiting Reef Check. From 4p - 7p you can sip prosecco while you shop their new collection. 10% of sales will go to Reef Check.

The Maldives and Oman are both establishing local Reef Check operations, a very positive development toward safeguarding each country's reef ecosystems through better marine education and conservation.

In April, Colombia and Corales de Paz united diverse parties in the country's largest citizen scientist event ever, all for protection of the local reef ecosystem.

California's kelp forests are changing. The recent and drastic loss of kelp and certain sea star species is having a dramatic effect on California's rocky reef ecosystem, particularly in northern California.

In February, Mia Mascarinas-Green was assassinated in front of her 3 young children on the way to drop them off at school.

Don't miss your chance to win a free spot on a Biosphere Expeditions' coral reef conservation expedition to any one of 3 exotic tropical locations: Oman, the Maldives, or Malaysia!