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A pygmy blue whale breaking the surface of a blue ocean, a cloud of water vapour escapes from its blowhole.

Fishing

Meet the Pygmy Blue Whale: an amazing ocean discovery

The discovery of the Pygmy Blue Whale shows how much we still don't know about the world's whales - and how important it is to protect them.

by Willie Mackenzie February 22, 2021

A light grey whale painted in watercolour with dark grey spots that give it a mottled texture, with spidery handwriting underneath reading 'Grey Whale' and a the signature of Quentin Blake with the year 2021

Oceans

We asked illustrators and artists to draw the oceans. Here’s what they created

Artists and illustrators have been drawing the oceans for Greenpeace’s #DrawTheOceans challenge. Here are some of the beautiful whale drawings they created.

by Indi Heath February 18, 2021

Fishing

Meet the weird and wonderful creatures of Dogger Bank

From puffins and seals to the bizarre ‘fried-egg’ nudibranch, this shallow patch of ocean is packed with amazing animals. And with a new ban on destructive bottom trawling in the…

by Angela Glienicke, Mal Chadwick February 9, 2021

Antarctic

Penguin facts – 9 fascinating things you might not know

Improve your knowledge about our loveable flippered friends with these fascinating facts about penguins

by Greenpeace UK January 20, 2021

Climate change

2021: Now is the time to tackle the climate, nature and health emergencies

Despite the turbulence of the last year, 2020 has shown the power of humanity to come together when faced with a crisis. It’s precisely that spirit we urgently need to…

by Shelley Harlock January 1, 2021

Air pollution

2020: the year in pictures

12 iconic photos from a year of disruptions - and the struggle to protect our future

by Angela Glienicke December 18, 2020

Fishing

Sea slug or Christmas decoration: can you tell the difference?

Only a true sea slug master will score more than 80% on this festive quiz.

by Mal Chadwick, Jack Bullett December 17, 2020

Environmental justice

Industrial fishing trawlers are bulldozing important artefacts of Black history on the ocean floor

Greenpeace UK has been taking action against industrial fishing ships trawling in so-called Marine Protected Areas. New evidence has emerged that trawlers have been bulldozing the wreck of the world's…

by Helle Abelvik-Lawson October 28, 2020

Oceans

Artist Fiona Banner: ‘Why I delivered a 1.25 ton boulder sculpture to the government’

Turner Prize-nominated British artist Fiona Banner explains Full Stop – a three-part boulder sculpture left outside Defra and placed in the Dogger Bank Marine Protected Area.

by Fiona Banner October 5, 2020

Two activists hang from the side of a large fishing ship. A small Greenpeace boat drives alongside.

Fishing

As it happened: Greenpeace blocks destructive fishing in the North Sea

Activists have prevented a 117m long supertrawler from fishing within a Marine Protected Area off the coast of Scotland. Greenpeace has also created a 'boulder barrier' to stop harmful bottom-trawling…

by Anthony Lewis, Mal Chadwick, Helle Abelvik-Lawson September 22, 2020