Atlantic Ocean

The survey team conduct lab work, including looking through microscopes

New survey finds invasive species fouling up mid-Atlantic waters

Sophie Mallinson

The survey, partly led by East Carolina University, found a 'disturbing' amount of non-native species at marinas from Virginia to New Jersey.

Environment

All hands on deck: How researchers and divers are testing creative ways to quell the lionfish invasion

Laura Pellicer

This voracious species feeds on the juveniles of commercially important fish like grouper and snapper.

The recent spate of attacks — seven since June in North Carolina alone — has little to do with the shark population off American coastlines. Shark attack, George Burgess says, "is driven by the number of humans in the water more than the number of sharks."

Environment

Study: Sharks off North Carolina's coast have gotten smaller

Celeste Gracia

Researchers started collecting data on 12 species of sharks in 1972 in Onslow Bay. A recently published study analyzing this data found all 12 species appeared physically smaller over the years.

Toni Murden McClure, a middle aged white woman with brown and grey hair standing next to Dawn Landes, a white woman with brown hair. Both are smiling and holding a boat figurine

Arts & Culture

‘ROW’: A Musical Odyssey Of One Woman’s Solo Boat Trip Across The Atlantic

Kaia Findlay

In 1998, Tori Murden McClure set off in a boat she made herself to become the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She did not make it.…