Life in the Ocean

Today is World Aquatic Animal Day, created in 2020 by the folks at Animal Law Clinic at the Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, USA, to draw attention to the importance of aquatic animals to our societies and ecosystems. Presenting some images of aquatic animal species. World Aquatic Animal Day is meant to raise global awareness so that humans come together to create policies, laws, education, and outreach that will help to protect these...

Let’s celebrate World Aquatic Animal Day

Yes, now you know it. Today is World Aquatic Animal Day, created in 2020 by the folks at Animal Law Clinic at the Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, USA, to draw attention to the importance of aquatic animals to our societies and ecosystems. Any animal, vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its life is called an aquatic animal. In addition to ‘fish’, the category includes a...