The Fight Over a Shitty Rock
A tiny, uninhabitable islet in the North Atlantic has become an unlikely battleground in the fight for fishing rights.
Oct 29, 2019 | 2,200 words, about 11 minutes
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The Symbolic Seashell
Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe.
Oct 22, 2019 | 3,300 words, about 17 minutes
Guerrilla Gatherers
California tribes are breaking the law to maintain their traditional ways of life.
Oct 15, 2019 | 1,500 words, about 8 minutes
Gray Laws on White Sharks
A loophole in California law is letting fishers who repeatedly catch great white sharks off the hook.
Oct 1, 2019 | 2,300 words, about 11 minutes
A Humpback Whodunit
A necropsy carried out on a remote British Columbia beach seeks to answer how a young humpback died.
Sep 24, 2019 | 2,600 words, about 13 minutes
Don’t Call Me Lobster
Charmed by the large and delicious lobster-like langoustines found in a Northern Irish market, a writer heads to the source.
Sep 19, 2019 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes
The Tale of Dirty, Old, Leaky Zalinski
A Second World War-era shipwreck is a haunting reminder that you can never fully clean up an oil spill.
Sep 10, 2019 | 3,200 words, about 16 minutes
Leviathans in the Harbor
More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide?
Aug 27, 2019 | 5,500 words, about 27 minutes