Can casting away from established society to inhabit sea-based colonies save us from the problems of modern life—or are we bound to repeat our mistakes?

In the small coastal country, an exploding industry has led to big economic promises, and a steep environmental price.

How the waters off of LA became a DDT dumping ground.

Humpbacks are some of the most watched whales in the world, and yet so much of their lives remains a mystery.

On Herman Melville’s literary career.

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim.

How moonlight drives life in the ocean.

On the longstanding human fascination with a light source we could borrow but not share.

South Florida and the danger of the rising sea.

A woman--rather, a whale trapped in a woman's body--gets a performance job at Ocean World.

"I arrive at Ocean World before dawn. My plan is to swim with Keiko an hour before everyone is scheduled to arrive, which I’m not supposed to do, but sometimes you just have to ignore the protocols—when you’re a whale among whales, human rules don’t apply."

How warming and acidifying oceans endanger the entire marine food chain.

Trying to fix the Atlantic Ocean’s food chain.