Woman as Medical Waste
By Kate Golden March 30, 2023A cancer survivor reflects on the downstream costs of her treatment
When Indigenous Rights, Conservation, and a Very Lucrative Fishery Collide
By Kate Golden March 27, 2023In the fast-changing Bering Sea, a small tribe makes a big push to save their island
When Life Gives you Wildfires, Go Looking for Morels
By Kate Golden March 2, 2023In which the author attempts to cope with fire season by eating her way through the burn zone
In this story:
food and drink
When Elephant Seals Become Ocean Researchers
By Kate Golden September 21, 2022Marine mammals unlock the secrets of climate and the Arctic
Jet Fuel in Paradise
By Kate Golden March 9, 2022This is how you hobble a city’s climate resilience
In Search of Alaska's Tiny Bat Introverts
By Kate Golden April 10, 2022These little brown bats are small, dark, fast, and silent—at least to our ears
Everybody Gets Frisky During a Herring Spawn
By Kate Golden June 18, 2021Sex, sashimi, and pelican stalking at the annual San Francisco Bay herring run
In this story:
fish
Another Gray Whale Washed Up on Shore. Now What?
By Kate Golden May 20, 2021What a whale’s death means, in bones and baleen
The Wild World of Mink and Coronavirus
By Kate Golden January 7, 2021Mink on the lam and corona’s reverse spillover
Quarantine Tips From a Sailor
By Kate Golden July 11, 2020What sailing taught me about sheltering in place