The Blessing & The Shrimp

Faced with declining returns, hardy Georgia shrimpers hold tight to their traditions of pageantry and prayer.

Aug 31, 2015 | 3,200 words, about 16 minutes

The Rama Versus the Canal

One small indigenous community is fighting the powers behind the Nicaragua Canal—will they win this round?

Aug 27, 2015 | 2,300 words, about 11 minutes

The Pull of Crabbing

For two teenaged boys in the 1960s, fishing for crabs along the Virginia coast was a taste of freedom.

Aug 24, 2015 | 1,700 words, about 8 minutes

Eradicating the One Percent

The swamps and subdivisions of southern Florida are overrun with invasive reptiles, including Burmese pythons and Nile monitor lizards. The only way to eliminate every last one of them is to follow the DNA trail they leave behind.

Aug 17, 2015 | 2,700 words, about 13 minutes

Sole Food

How an unlikely fish is transforming fishing in The Gambia.

Aug 10, 2015 | 1,700 words, about 8 minutes

Psyche and the Seashore

Why do we love—or fear—the ocean?

Aug 4, 2015 | 1,800 words, about 9 minutes

The Quest for an Archaeology of Sea Otter Tool Use

Biologists are delving into the origins of sea otter tool use and why some sea otters become experts while others don’t bother.

Jul 20, 2015 | 2,600 words, about 13 minutes

Defenders of the Forgotten Fish

Tribes of the Columbia River watershed are hustling to keep the Pacific lamprey alive, one fish at a time.

Jul 13, 2015 | 2,500 words, about 13 minutes