New research braids Indigenous knowledge with Western science to demonstrate the sustainability of a small-scale kelp fishery.

From Vilified to Vindicated: the Story of Jacques Cinq-Mars How a toxic debate over the first Americans hobbled science for decades. by Heather Pringle March 7, 2017 | 2,900 words, about 15 minutes ...

Islands of the Feral Pigs In Hawai‘i, people, pigs, and ecosystems only have so much room to coexist, and the pigs exist a little too much. by Brendan Borrell October 31, 2024 | 4,800 words, about 24 ...

Marine Protected Areas, Explained There’s nuance in how we protect our oceans; here are the details. by Brian Owens June 8, 2023 | 4,700 words, about 23 minutes This article is also available in audio ...

Blood in the Water, Food on the Table, Protesters on the Shore A centuries-old traditional whale hunt in the Faroe Islands remains in the crosshairs of animal rights activists. by Paige Cromley July 9 ...

Saving a Sea Monkey Sanctuary 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 ...

In Alaska, residents are negotiating a contentious relationship with muskoxen, which were introduced to the area decades ago without local consent.

All the Fish We Cannot See In a dark, unexplored layer of ocean, a hidden cache of fish might play an unexpected role in our climate’s future. It seems like a bad time for a new fishery. by Moira ...

The Uncertain Future of Puffin for Dinner Hunting and eating puffins are Icelandic traditions. But for how much longer? by Cheryl Katz January 17, 2017 | 3,700 words, about 19 minutes This article is ...

The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows Fish traps have a long history around the world, and a vast network in a Vancouver Island estuary reveals generations of ecological wisdom.

Weird, Rare, and Everywhere In the bogs of Hecate Island, British Columbia, a writer and novice naturalist joins researchers for a glimpse of a multiyear biodiversity mission—and gets acquainted with ...

Weapons of War Litter the Ocean Floor At least one million tonnes of chemical weapons were dumped in the oceans between 1919 and 1980. Now what? by Andrew Curry November 10, 2016 | 3,000 words, about ...