The Power of Compassion Why humpback whales rescue seals and why volunteering for beach cleanups improves your health. by Elin Kelsey August 15, 2017 | 2,200 words, about 11 minutes This article is ...

The Tlingit and Haida were especially renowned canoe carvers, in part because they so relied on them, and in part because they had access to arguably the best trees of all the coastal tribes of the ...

By mapping the prehistoric land beneath the seabed and pioneering techniques for finding artifacts, Gaffney is also opening up the world’s other submerged continental shelves to remote archaeological ...

I’m not surprised that people have turned to the intertidal for solace during times of crisis. Shellfishing elicits some of the most primal positive emotions of our species: the dopamine rush of ...

The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it? by J.B. MacKinnon ...

Avoiding Extinction Giving Mexico’s rarest porpoise, the vaquita, a fighting chance in the face of poverty, corruption, and greed. by Sarah Gilman September 20, 2017 | 4,800 words, about 24 minutes ...

Acetes shrimp, known locally as bhusi jhinga, aggregate in nearshore waters along India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands from early September to the end of December each year. Atto and Taka are one of ...

For the First Time, Part of the Ocean Has Been Granted Legal Personhood By affording rights to its iconic waves, a Brazilian city is paving a new path to marine protection. by Isabella Kaminski ...

Kristin Nowell, a conservationist from the United States who has combated endangered-species trafficking for decades and founded the vaquita-protection charity Cetacean Action Treasury (CAT) in 2020, ...

“We usually have black bears,” Ellis explains, “and when we don’t see many black bears we know there might be a grizzly around.” Locals warned each other to avoid the estuary and expressed concerns ...

Making Amends with Makatea On this French Polynesian island dramatically scarred from mining, locals grapple with whether a new mine will heal or harm the landscape. Text by Jennifer Kingsley Photos ...

The Earthquake That Brought Enlightenment When disaster struck Lisbon in 1755, one controversial ruler saw a path to modernization. by Laura Trethewey September 1, 2020 | 1,500 words, about 8 minutes ...