The Art of Turning Fish into Leather Fish skin leather was once common in fishing communities; now artisans and designers are breathing new life into the tradition. by Chloe Williams April 28, 2020 | ...

The Hidden Coastal Culture of the Ancient Maya For thousands of years, ancient Maya kings ruled a vast inland empire in Mexico and Belize. But just how inland was it, really? by Erik Vance November 6, ...

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 Whale Dying on the Mountain As the Comox Glacier disappears so does part of the local culture. by J.B. MacKinnon February 16, 2016 | 3,700 words, about 18 minutes This article is also available in ...

What Whale Barnacles Know For generations, these hitchhikers have been recording details about their hosts and their ocean home. by Mara Grunbaum November 9, 2021 | 4,400 words, about 22 minutes This ...

The Fleet-Winged Ghosts of Greenland A mysterious population of peregrine falcons in the Far North has inspired environmental action and scientific research around the world. by Caroline Van Hemert ...

It took a mountain of data to shake off the skeptics and rewrite the history of human migrations, but archaeologist Tom Dillehay was always interested in so much more than an argument.

Stepping Off Shore and into Sea Country Along the Australian coast, tens of thousands of years’ worth of Indigenous history lies a short dive below the sea’s surface. The hard part is finding it. by ...

The Future of Castro’s Crocs As a breeding facility works to retain a pure lineage of the Cuban crocodile, out in the wild the division between species is getting murkier all the time. by Shanna Baker ...

The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows Fish traps have a long history around the world, and a vast network in a Vancouver Island estuary reveals generations of ecological wisdom.

Bats of the Midnight Sun Active in daylight during the Arctic summer and hibernating during the long winter nights, Alaska’s little brown bats are a unique population. Can their niche lives help them ...

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 ...