Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. It’s low tide in Bodega ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Research is being done in our own backyard to develop oysters that grow the best in North Carolina. Scientists at the Shellfish Hatchery at UNCW’s Center for Marine Science ...

HOMER, Alaska — Roarke Brown, a charter boat captain since 1972 in this picturesque fishing village, remembers being able to tread out onto the Kachemak Bay mud flats at low tide to fill a 5-gallon ...

Hammersley Inlet, WASH. – Walking onto a beach recently exposed by a receding sea, Eric Sparkman paused and looked at an expanse of sun-baked shells. “Oh, here we go,” he said, bending down and prying ...