In this episode, I uncover one of Vietnam’s most elusive seafood dishes—grilled thorny conch, cooked and served right in its shell. This rare preparation involves boiling, slicing, and charcoal ...

While not harmful to humans, the moon snail is a predator that uses slow and methodical processes to consume clams and other ...

We’re all familiar with La Jolla’s sea lions, harbor seals, orcas, garibaldi and seabirds. But in this series of stories ...

A newly-discovered carnivorous sea sponge that looks like a perfect sphere—but covered in hooked teeth—is easily the weirdest ...

Atropa Belladonna, commonly known as deadly nightshade, is a herbaceous plant native to Europe and Western Asia. The foliage ...

Garrapata State Park sits quietly along Highway 1 between Carmel and Big Sur, offering all the splendor of California’s central coast without the tour buses and selfie sticks that plague its more ...

California hides its best treasures in plain sight, and Garrapata State Park might be the Golden State’s most brilliant sleight of hand. Tucked along Highway 1 between Carmel and Big Sur, this coastal ...

Each purple storm snail that washes ashore carries a story of remarkable survival at the ocean’s surface, Jace Tunnell writes ...

A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives spent more than two hours debating the Pacific Northwest’s sea lion problem.

Lanice spongicola lives on a glass sponge, a deep-sea sponge with a skeleton made of silica, that rises from hard rock. The ...