Dr. Eelgood
What happens when you give eels cocaine?
May 14, 2015 | 500 words, about 2 minutes
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Big Bad Dottybacks
Predatory fish dress like their prey.
May 13, 2015 | 400 words, about 2 minutes
The Ghosts of Village Island
A visitor discovers that British Columbia’s Village Island isn’t as abandoned as it looks.
May 13, 2015 | 400 words, about 2 minutes
Tanked: Killer Whales in Captivity
A new study shows that killer whales kept for show live shorter lives than those that swim free.
May 12, 2015 | 750 words, about 3 minutes
Old Coast, New Coast: Sausalito, California
Where the marginalized, the outsized—and the at times fictionalized—characters of the San Francisco Bay area lived, circa the 1960s.
May 11, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes
Sea Level Rise is Picking Up the Pace
What slowdown? New research says sea level rise is speeding up.
May 11, 2015 | 650 words, about 3 minutes
Close Encounters with a Big Squid
Giant squid are so elusive they seem mythical. Here are five places that prove they’re real.
May 11, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes
Stories from the Seven Seas
Coastal stories that washed up on our shore.
May 8, 2015 | 350 words, a quick read