Can We Really Be Friends with an Octopus? When octopuses are social, are they reaching out or simply reacting? by Ferris Jabr January 11, 2022 | 4,200 words, about 21 minutes This article is also ...

The Trees That Sail to Sea In one of nature’s remarkable second acts, dead trees become driftwood and embark on transformative journeys. by Brian Payton February 6, 2018 | 3,500 words, about 18 ...

The Oil Spill Cleanup Illusion Why do we pretend to clean up oil spills in the ocean? by Andrew Nikiforuk July 12, 2016 | 2,300 words, about 11 minutes This article is also available in audio format.

Guilt-Free on the Sea? How Norway is using oil and gas riches to engineer a future in emission-free seafaring. by Paul Hockenos September 18, 2018 | 2,900 words, about 15 minutes This article is also ...

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 ...

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? by J.B. MacKinnon ...

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. by Brendan Borrell October 31, 2024 | 4,800 words, about 24 ...

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.

Vaquita have long been collateral damage for Mexico’s totoaba fishers, but conservationists believe there’s a solution. The only hitch? It’s illegal.

Blood in the Water, Food on the Table, Protesters on the Shore A centuries-old traditional whale hunt in the Faroe Islands remains in the crosshairs of animal rights activists. by Paige Cromley July 9 ...

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 ...

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 ...