Coastal Job: Antarctic Whale Researcher

One of Ukraine’s few marine mammal specialists defies loneliness and frosty temperatures to study whales in the Southern Ocean.

Sep 27, 2019 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Stopping Marine Roadkill

Scientists are taking cues from road impacts on wildlife to keep whales and sharks safe from ships.

Feb 13, 2019 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

The Stories Whale Lice Tell

Humpbacks can’t tell you who they hang out with. But their lice can.

Jan 2, 2019 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

Frozen Ocean

A photographic primer on the dynamics of marine ice.

Sep 24, 2018 | 1,300 words, 14 photos

How Warming Could Speed up the Sea

As the planet warmed at the end of the last ice age, the abyssal Pacific circulation kicked into high gear.

Aug 16, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Animal Trainers Gone Wild

A research team says no to drugs and uses the skills of animal trainers to calm wild Weddell seals.

Feb 13, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Tiny Fossils Record Big Shifts in Ocean Currents

Minerals stored in microscopic fossils hint at the subtle ways ocean currents link far-flung food webs.

Jan 3, 2018 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Breaking. Bad?

New research shows there’s life in the wake of Antarctica’s crack epidemic.

Aug 11, 2017 | 700 words, about 3 minutes