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Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas)

Raising Giants

The Philippines has spent three decades restoring legendary clams—some that can grow to 500 kilograms, the biggest in the world!

conceptual illustration of invasive rat

The Rat Spill

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

ExxonMobil complex in Everett, Massachusetts

What the Seas Will Swallow

Alex MacLean’s aerial images of the US East Coast convey just how much infrastructure perches in the coastal danger zone.

Samuel Arualak in Whale Cove, Nunavut

Voices from Whale Cove

An Inuit community in the Canadian Arctic was created through forced relocation; six locals share their family stories.

Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas)

Raising Giants

The Philippines has spent three decades restoring legendary clams—some that can grow to 500 kilograms, the biggest in the world!

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Fishermen in a small boat casting a fishing net in Baja California Sur, Mexico

A New Idea to Save Endangered Fish: Pay Fishermen to Retire

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Aug 22, 2019 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

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Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas)

Raising Giants

The Philippines has spent three decades restoring legendary clams—some that can grow to 500 kilograms, the biggest in the world!

Aug 20, 2019 | 2,000 words, 12 photos and videos

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More than a year transiting the same route reveals unexpected differences in acidification.

Aug 19, 2019 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes

A tourist feeding fish to a Dolphin at Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort in Western Australia

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Aug 16, 2019 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

great white shark and diver in cage

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american bullfrog

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Aug 14, 2019 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

conceptual illustration of invasive rat

The Rat Spill

A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats.

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