The First First Responders
When disaster strikes along British Columbia’s coast, Indigenous rescuers are often the first on the scene. Government-led initiatives are now formally recognizing that work.
Dec 24, 2024 | 4,600 words, about 23 minutes
Oceanographic Region: Pacific Ocean
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The Canoe in the Forest
An unfinished boat hidden on a remote island in Alaska illuminates a missing chapter in the history of traditional Haida and Tlingit canoe building
Dec 19, 2024 | 3,500 words, about 17 minutes
To Speak the Language of the Land
Māori people are reclaiming their native language, even in the face of growing threats to the natural world on which it depends.
Dec 12, 2024 | 4,600 words, about 23 minutes
The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals
A unique fjord in Chilean Patagonia gives scientists a chance to unlock the reproductive secrets of cold-water corals that typically live thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.
Nov 27, 2024 | 4,500 words, about 22 minutes
One Great Shot: Bluebottle Beauty
Careful illumination helps showcase a bluebottle’s constituent bits, both above and below the water’s surface.
Nov 22, 2024 | 150 words, 1 photo
Finding Food and Solace in the Intertidal
On the complex pleasures of harvesting shellfish with the people you love.
Nov 14, 2024 | 3,600 words, about 18 minutes
The Other Side of the World’s Largest Dam Removal
Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?
Nov 12, 2024 | 7,300 words, about 36 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.
Oct 31, 2024 | 4,800 words, about 24 minutes