Biologists are rescuing baby sharks and skates from recently caught females, giving the unborn a chance at survival.

Can casting away from established society to inhabit sea-based colonies save us from the problems of modern life—or are we bound to repeat our mistakes?

A notoriously brutal industry is slowly building supports for its workers.

After centuries of persecution, brown bears are showing up in some unexpected places.

Humpbacks are some of the most watched whales in the world, and yet so much of their lives remains a mystery.

The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches.

On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

It’s dangerous to blame the decline of one species on a single predator. We humans like to do it anyway.

They’ve built a hidden society in a state park. Among the haole squatters of Kalalau.

How moonlight drives life in the ocean.

On the longstanding human fascination with a light source we could borrow but not share.

Displaced from the Marshall Islands, residents build a new life in Oklahoma.