Congratulations to Heather Pringle on winning a Canadian Archaeological Association (CAA) Public Communications Award for this article. What I remember most about Jacques Cinq-Mars the first time we ...

In 2017, researchers with the US Geological Survey modeled how the 2015 landslide near Alaska’s Tyndall Glacier caused a tsunami that ripped down Taan Fiord and out into Icy Bay. Animation by George ...

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. Text by Nic Low Photos by Te ...

By mapping the prehistoric land beneath the seabed and pioneering techniques for finding artifacts, Gaffney is also opening up the world’s other submerged continental shelves to remote archaeological ...

I’m not surprised that people have turned to the intertidal for solace during times of crisis. Shellfishing elicits some of the most primal positive emotions of our species: the dopamine rush of ...

Crafting the Perfect Poo Scientists are working to emulate whale waste, which they say could fertilize the ocean and sequester carbon. by Sandy Ong November 8, 2024 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes ...

Weather Forecasting Is Deadly for Marine Wildlife Latex balloons designed to collect high-altitude data become a threat to marine animals after they burst—though the scale of their impact remains ...

Acetes shrimp, known locally as bhusi jhinga, aggregate in nearshore waters along India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands from early September to the end of December each year. Atto and Taka are one of ...

Lately, though, the tranquility of this routine has been shattered. Ruiz has been a cangrejero for more than 20 years, and in that time, he and his fellow crabbers have overcome pirates, unforgiving ...

Making Amends with Makatea On this French Polynesian island dramatically scarred from mining, locals grapple with whether a new mine will heal or harm the landscape. Text by Jennifer Kingsley Photos ...

Back when some of the first humans showed up in the Americas, far down in southern Chile near the coast, a small group of 20 or 30 built themselves a camp. It was in a warm and rich rainforest, in a ...

The Very Hungry Urchins Researchers are restoring the Caribbean’s surprising, spiky custodians, which gobble up the algae smothering coral reefs. by Lisa S. Gardiner July 30, 2024 | 1,900 words, about ...