Māori people are reclaiming their native language, even in the face of growing threats to the natural world on which it ...

Fancy fish eggs have become the latest luxury good to go viral on social media, raising questions about the future of ...

Each killer whale has a distinct pattern of pigmentation behind its dorsal fin. How do these patterns vary around the world?

The wooden fishing boat chugs across Comau Fjord, a finger of dark water wedged between the snowy peaks of Chilean Patagonia. A Chilean flag flaps in the wind above a hand-painted black cormorant on ...

Though reminiscent of a discarded clump of salad greens, this is actually a lettuce sea slug. I spotted it 20 meters below the surface on a coral reef off Playa Kalki, an idyllic beach on the ...

For the first time, scientists have observed southern right whales feeding together in a circle.

Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?

Removing dams from the Klamath River in Northern California seems like a clear win for fish and rivers. Why do some locals hate it?

As humanity works to slash greenhouse gas emissions and stem the pace of planetary warming, scientists, governments, and industry leaders are looking for low-carbon alternatives to fuel the future.

One of the biggest mistakes novice children’s book writers make is to assume that a story must teach something. An overt message—share, don’t be a bully, eat your veggies—can make for a boring book.

Each summer, thousands of bluebottles (also known as Portuguese man-of-wars) wash up along the shores of Sydney, Australia. These remarkable relatives of jellyfish are actually colonial organisms: ...