Oceana scientist Caitlynn Birch explains how environmental DNA, or eDNA, helps us understand and protect the oceans ...

The world is no longer inching toward dangerous warming, it is accelerating into it. Global temperatures are brushing up ...

What appears to be such a pleasant meeting-place of the well-known rifts, in the Northern part of California, is proving to be something bigger and more dangerous than the maps indicate. Recent ...

Life is tough when you're a coral.To begin with, corals only reproduce over a few nights each year in a synchronised breeding ...

From the coral-covered coastlines of Tonga to the remote sandy atolls of Tuvalu, microscopic synthetic fibers are ...

Owning your own island may sound like something reserved for tech billionaires or movie stars, but renting one is surprisingly within reach. Some islands, even in Europe and the Caribbean, go for less ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly covering West Marin, including the towns of Point Reyes Station, Inverness, Bolinas, Stinson Beach, Marshall, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls, ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a coral-shaped rock on Mars. Though not alive, its shape reveals clues about the planet’s geology. Small discoveries like this help scientists decode Mars’ ancient past ...

According to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), over 130,000 tourists have arrived in the country during the first 15 days of this year. Impressive, indeed, but how many of them make ...

Professor, Dept of Public & International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and independent member, ...