North Atlantic
Disastrous Calving Season Puts Atlantic’s Right Whales in Serious Jeopardy
Whale experts say the species could be reproductively extinct within 25 years.
Why Everything You Know About Scottish Food Might Be a Myth
From the whisky sold in foreign liquor stores to tartan-boxed shortbread clutched by Edinburgh tourists, we’re told that Scotland’s food is rooted in history. But many traditional dishes aren’t as “Scottish” as we might think.
A Guy Found a Severed Finger That Turned Out to be Coral
We spoke to a marine biologist to understand how some coral provoked a police investigation.
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This Is What Happens When You're Too Fat to Fly
In the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic, baby fulmar birds float around helplessly until they lose enough weight to fly. For one week a year, Faroese hunt them in their boats, scooping them from the sea.
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