Oregon’s nearshore waters were once the homeland to thousands of sea otters, an iconic species in the history of what is now known as Oregon. Sea otters have held a special role in the cultural, ...

CAPTAIN MAHAN has written distinctively the best and most important, and also by far the most interesting, book on naval history 1 which has been produced on either side of the water for many a long ...

Sea Lords were as vital to medieval Japan as samurai, so why were they called “pirates?” For 200 years, Japanese waters were ruled by self-proclaimed Sea Lords. They held immense political power and ...

Tiny sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, shaped seagrass meadows for 20 million years, offering clues for protecting dugongs.

Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought porcelain, tea and other goods from Asia to Africa, the Middle East and Europe ...

THE sea has been a delight to me ever since I learned to pull an oar and tend a sheet, and sea literature has fascinated me ever since I began to read. However, I should have declined this invitation ...

Sea otters swim together in the ocean. A deadly new strain of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is threatening sea otters, and potentially other species. (Laird Henkel/CDFW) Four sea otters that stranded ...