The seafaring island of Chiloé is a cultural entity of its own, complete with an elemental cuisine found nowhere else. Today, a cohort of female chefs is preserving ancestral recipes, shoring up local ...

Rob Pennicott has spent thousands of hours enjoying the waters of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Now the tourism giant has given scientists $899,000 to study concerning changes beneath the surface From ...

In this video, someone appears to step directly onto a sea urchin with a bare foot, causing an instant shock reaction. The spines press into what looks like real skin, making it almost painful to ...

Important marine research is underway in Apollo Beach as researchers work to better understand the relationship between coral reefs and sea urchins—two species critical to the health of Florida’s ...

Surrounded by green hills and rugged coastlines home to albatrosses, penguins and seals, the South Island’s second-largest city is also one of New Zealand’s most distinctive. Roughly 225 miles south ...

A study by the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the University of Bonn has shown that pH value is crucial for sperm motility in sea urchins and salmon. An increase in pH ...

There’s good reason why Rwanda goes by the poetic nickname ‘The Land of a Thousand Hills’. This tropical country might be tiny — just a 10th of the size of the UK — but it’s blessed with a rampant ...

At the foot of Brahmagiri Hill in Kerala’s tea-wreathed highlands, the Papanasini stream rises from a fern-collared hollow. It’s almost clumsy at first, an amber cordial that fumbles over rock and ...

In the calm, bright morning, the frontier settlement of Puerto Natales feels like it’s catching its breath. Beyond the wind-raked waters of Last Hope Sound, the Paine massif rises — a snow-bound ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique. Regular exercise strengthens muscles and improves endurance—but new research ...

The United States has extensive experience in maritime salvage operations—recovering planes lost from the decks of aircraft carriers during mishaps at sea. China does not. The International Institute ...