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Cordova, Alaska

Cordova Fisherman’s Memorial

A small maritime town's own way of memorializing the local lives spent at sea.
San Diego Museum of Man
List

9 Spots for Unexpected Family Fun Across San Diego

Kids, teens, and parents alike will love these wondrous places.
Mount San Jacinto offers beautiful vistas.
Itinerary

California’s Unbelievable Landscapes: A Guide to Nature’s Masterpieces

Volcanic craters, out-of-this-world rock formations, and wild twisting trees, all in one state.
The California seashore is full of wonder.
Itinerary

The Ultimate California Guide to Tide Pools and Coastal Marine Life

Hidden within pockets of California’s seawater lies an entire world waiting to be explored.
In California, every season is adventure season.
Itinerary

Explore California on Foot: Nature’s Year-Round Playground

Walks, hikes, and strolls that show off the state’s splendor.
Tidal flats in Denmark's Wadden Sea National Park show what the land on the edge of the North Sea looks like today.
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Exploring the Lost Land Beneath the North Sea

New research reveals that Doggerland—a sunken swath of Europe connecting Britain to the mainland—was more than a simple thoroughfare. It was home.
Tristan McConnell December 9, 2024
Rockland, Maine

Project Puffin Visitor Center

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.
nature

Podcast: Floating Along with Florida's Gentle Giants

Meet Florida’s unofficial mascot: the manatee.
Many-armed sunflower sea stars are fast-moving and can grow to the diameter of a bicycle tire, making them formidable hunters.
science

Baby Sea Stars Are Voracious Predators That Might Just Save an Ecosystem

Along the Pacific Coast, fast and furious sunflower sea stars are vicious hunters as adults—and they're even hungrier when young.
Roxanne Hoorn February 27, 2024
Australian giant cuttlefish males (top) and females (bottom) show different coloration in mating displays.
science

The Weird and Wonderful World of Sex Under the Sea

From penis dueling to pee potions to switching sexes, there’s no one right way of getting it on in the ocean.
Roxanne Hoorn February 21, 2024
aquariums

Into The Deep: The Journey to Bring Amazing Deep Sea Animals to the Surface

The Monterey Bay Aquarium displays vibrant jellies, fascinating fishes, and the largest crab in the world.
Coleman's shrimp (<em>Periclimenes colemani</em>) like these live on fire sea urchins. The shrimp are usually found in male/female pairs, where females are the larger of the two, and perch on sea urchins where they feed on plankton, algae, and parasites.
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How the Best Underwater Photography Reveals a World of Wonder

Welcome to the home of pink coral-scapes and fluorescent lizardfish.
Sarah Durn March 23, 2023
Wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory became obsessed with going to Antarctica to capture the largest known whale gatherings in the world.
nature

Capturing the Mysterious Antarctic Whale Gathering on Film

No one was sure about the size of these almost-mythical wildlife events—until we got it all on camera.
Bertie Gregory January 12, 2023
On January 5, in the historic harbor of Grado, Italy, the witches of the sea approach.
pirates

In This Seaside Town, the New Year Brings a Battle With the ‘Witches of the Sea’

The local Epiphany celebration of Grado, Italy, is inspired by a mysterious band of 16th-century pirates.
Vittoria Traverso January 3, 2023
The town of Selsey, on a peninsula called Manhood in England, was an island or peninsula at various times in history, and has often contended with flooding. In the far distance, behind the town, lies Medmerry Nature Reserve.
floods

This English Town Is Letting the Sea Have Its Way

The coastal community of Selsey welcomes the return of salt marshes where farms once stood.
Erica Gies June 20, 2022
Kayakers visit a slumped sinkhole on the Dead Sea Coast.
sinkhole

Is There a Future for the Sinkhole-Studded Dead Sea?

Receding waters are leaving behind an environmental disaster, and a new kind of tourism.
Gitit Ginat June 1, 2022
Isabella Abbott was a prolific researcher who changed our understanding of seaweed and discovered hundreds of new species.
science

How the 'First Lady of Seaweed' Changed Science

Isabella Abbott, the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science, rewrote the book on her beloved limu.
Shoshi Parks March 11, 2022
The outer end of Haedong Yonggungsa Temple
Sirang-ri, South Korea

Haedong Yonggungsa

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.