Photographers capture mutant crayfish, cleaning fish, and synchronized whales in this year's top underwater contests.

The author and his neighbors in Point Lay Alaska had several close encounters with polar bears in the mid-90s.

Grasslands are vast, open landscapes where grasses, sedges, and wildflowers dominate the terrain rather than trees. They ...

In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate.

For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

After a life of addiction and despair, one of the top big-game kayak anglers in the world is preaching the gospel of the surf ...

Shark teeth are also disposable – they are constantly replaced throughout their lives, like a conveyor belt pushing a new ...

Even more striking were the changes that occur as sharks grow. At around 3m in body length, white sharks undergo a major dental transformation. Juvenile teeth are slimmer and often feature small side ...

The 2025-2026 Duke Blue Devils opened their season with mounting expectations for a run to a national championship. The 10-year drought stretching from their 2015 title to last year's Final Four ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

Bodega Bay offers quiet roads, working harbors, whale watching, and coastal history where slowing down feels natural and ...