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 bucket with clams ...

The ocean has been a patient teacher. But this lesson — about irreversible tipping points and cascading collapse — is one we ...

While many of the fish, cetaceans and other more conspicuous or “charismatic” animals have been well studied, a whole world ...

Tucked away in a picturesque valley just 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean sits Lompoc, a charming town that might be the state’s most underrated outdoor paradise. The locals pronounce it “Lom-poke,” ...

Already, the new kelp is helping the ecosystem show glimpses of its former self. During a recent dive, a plump sunflower sea ...