They are prolific breeders, raising a dozen or more young per year in times of plenty, as happy and quick to set up house ...

By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous ...

A deadly water mold—a relative of the pathogen that causes potato blight—is devastating what’s left of the South Atlantic ...

Off the tropical islands of Palau, a photographer encountered the looming wreck of a Second World War seaplane known as Jake.

The study identifies three major hotspots for piracy: the Gulf of Aden, the Strait of Malacca—between Malaysia and ...

Human technology has long drawn inspiration from the natural world: The first airplanes were modeled after birds. The designer of Velcro was inspired by the irksome burrs he often had to pick off his ...

Some people work in cubicles, others work in kitchens, but the most intriguing workplace of all may be the coast. Meet the people who head to the ocean instead of the office in our Coastal Jobs series ...

As the Great Salt Lake in Utah shrinks, locals are working to preserve its critical brine shrimp fishery—along with the other entities that flourish in the lake’s strange, saline beauty.

In Florida, an effort is underway to bring endangered smalltooth sawfish to safety, following mysterious behaviors and deaths ...