Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team led by ...

(Gary Braasch / Corbis) When Polynesians arrived at the uninhabited Hawaiian Islands thousands of years ago, they found an array of colorful tree snails, each less than an inch in length, across the ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN for short, is one of the most powerful wildlife organizations. It comprises both civil and government groups, which study and support the ...

Gena Bentall paddled her kayak deep into Elkhorn Slough on the lookout for the flip of a tail or the bob of a head. About a mile in, sea otters bobbed in the water everywhere. Some dove under the ...