Tuna’s Last Stand Skipjack are the world’s most abundant tuna. They’re resilient, but can they outswim our demand for this pantry staple? by Christopher Pollon March 2, 2021 | 2,300 words, about 11 ...

Secrets of a Small Island Before Europeans arrived, California’s Santa Cruz Island was an economic powerhouse for the Chumash people. by Andrew Lawler November 9, 2015 | 3,200 words, about 16 minutes ...

The ocean became a dumping ground for weapons after Allied forces defeated the Nazis. Now a team of robots and divers are making the Baltic Sea safer.

Weapons of War Litter the Ocean Floor At least one million tonnes of chemical weapons were dumped in the oceans between 1919 and 1980. Now what? by Andrew Curry November 10, 2016 | 3,000 words, about ...

Death of a Modern Wolf Once feared, vilified, and exterminated, the wolves of Vancouver Island face an entirely different threat: our fascination, our presence, and our selfies. by J.B. MacKinnon ...

A Community’s Quest to Document Every Species on Their Island Home Naming leads to knowing, which leads to understanding. Residents of a small British Columbia island take to the forests and beaches ...

A remote Arctic land may hold a vital missing chapter from human history. The only problem? It disappeared at the end of the last ice age.

The Legal Fishery Sparking Arrests and Violence Canada has spent nearly 25 years ignoring its own Supreme Court—and Indigenous fishers on the East Coast are suffering the consequences. by Moira ...

Conjuring the Lost Land Beneath the North Sea New research reveals that Doggerland—a sunken swath of Europe connecting Britain to the mainland—was more than a simple thoroughfare. It was home. by ...

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 ...

No Wool, No Vikings The fleece that launched 1,000 ships. by Claire Eamer February 23, 2016 | 3,700 words, about 18 minutes This article is also available in audio format. Listen now, download, or ...

How Microfishing Took the Angling World by (Very Small) Storm Around the world, fishers are embracing tiny quarry. Is microfishing a celebration of biodiversity or a sign of collapse? by Ben Goldfarb ...