“We could fish these crabs forever and they’re not going away.” —Nicole Twohig

Lobsters have sophisticated internal compasses that allow them to use the Earth’s magnetic field…

Penrose and her friends used sticks and brushes to scrape dirt from the wing-like vertebrae.

A drop of water in Lake Superior could take anywhere from 173 to 191 years to work through the system.

Grand Manan is closer to Lubec than to Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, where the ferry departs, but it is in Canada.

It was impressive to watch all of the lobstermen work so efficiently to load traps onto the boats.

The three proposals outlined below would, if implemented even partially, mitigate the looming bait shortages for lobstermen across the Gulf of Maine.

It is a confusing, spectacular mix of land and seascape in a relatively small area, 58 miles in all.

The way this story gets told gives the reader many reasons to stick with it despite the potential for feeling worried.