In Graphic Detail: As Sea Levels Rise, Insurance Retreats

When will insurance companies call it quits on New Zealand’s coastal communities?

Jun 13, 2024 | 300 words, a quick read

The Enemy in the Job Board

Ukraine’s contract seafarers are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanction-busting, oil-smuggling shadow fleet.

Jun 12, 2024 | 1,400 words, about 7 minutes

A Step Forward in Stingray Science

A California researcher and his team simulate stepping on round rays to learn more about how, why, and when the animals strike.

Jun 11, 2024 | 1,700 words, about 9 minutes

Buying Baja

On a storied stretch of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, locals fight rich outsiders and rampant development that threaten to transform the coast and dry up aquifers.

May 28, 2024 | 5,200 words, about 26 minutes

In Graphic Detail: Avian Flu around the World

Now that it’s spread rapidly around the globe and jumped to animals such as foxes, sea lions, and cows, scientists worry that the avian flu could spill over to humans.

May 24, 2024 | 450 words, about 3 minutes

In Coastal British Columbia, the Haida Get Their Land Back

By affirming Indigenous land ownership, British Columbia and the Haida Nation are signaling a new era for Indigenous relations.

Apr 22, 2024 | 1,700 words, about 8 minutes

In Graphic Detail: Pirates on the Horizon

A surge in piracy threatens to upend positive trends in maritime safety.

Apr 12, 2024 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

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, saline beauty.

Apr 2, 2024 | 4,500 words, about 22 minutes