The activist and conservation champion plans to use the award money for critical tools to combat illegal fishing in the protected waters around Malpelo, Colombia.
During the study that led to this revelation, researchers looked at shark remains found in the scat of the leopard seals as well as visible signs of struggle on the seals’ bodies.
Portugal has created the largest marine protected area in Europe, a 1,034 square mile reserve around the Selvagens Islands, an Atlantic volcanic archipelago.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute filmed to giant phantom jellyfish — which has 10-foot arms — more than 3,000 feet deep off the California coast.