Can New Technology Help Save North Atlantic Right Whales?
Trackers that ping satellites every time a whale surfaces for air. Thermal cameras that can detect the animals…
‘By the Wind Sailors’ Invade California Beaches by the Thousands
They are iridescent, bright blue and jellylike, with stinging tentacles that dangle from their flat, oval-shaped bodies. Just…
The Murky Ethics of Swimming With Killer Whales
In the turquoise waters off La Ventana, a sleepy coastal town on Mexico’s Baja peninsula, Claudio Rios, 41,…
A New Bureau Will Oversee Both Offshore Drilling and Seabed Mining
The Trump administration is creating a new office that critics say could weaken the environmental oversight of oil…
How a Melting Glacier in Antarctica Could Affect Tens of Millions Around the Globe
Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which…