On a sunny day in May 2023, I was waiting on a damp boat deck in Rivers Inlet, on British Columbia’s central coast, with ...

New research suggests that medieval Icelanders were scavenging and likely even hunting blue whales long before industrial ...

Under the watchful gaze of ecotourists, British Columbia’s grizzly bears become skittish and avoid prime hunting spots.

Hammerhead sharks—fish with pronounced oblong heads and bodies as long as small cars—are unmistakable. Seeing one of these critically endangered animals is a thrill, but seeing nearly a dozen plying ...

In spring, the days lengthen, the water warms slightly, nutrients flow into the ocean’s surface layers from land or deeper ...

Squeezed between the ocean and Cape Town’s urban sprawl, coastal caracals are the first felines to regularly dine on marine prey.

Killer whales occasionally find themselves where they don’t belong. In the Arctic, they routinely get stuck on the wrong side ...

Seaweed is versatile; it provides habitat for marine life, shelters coastlines, and absorbs carbon dioxide. But in the United States, scientists are setting out to see whether seaweed has another ...

Losing young is sad, but for small inbred populations it can sometimes be a good thing—in the long run.