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Acclaimed environmental historian Robert K. Musil will present a free talk, “Rachel Carson’s Legacy and Environmental Justice in North Carolina,” at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 51����’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

Recent MEM graduates Claudia Deeg, Nicholas “Nico” Fairbairn, Sydney Mantell and Stephanie Murphy will take part in the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Policy Fellowship program this year.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Andrew Read, professor of marine biology at 51����, about the mass stranding of pilot whales in Western Australia.

When a pod of nearly 100 pilot whales stranded themselves last week on the shore of an Australian beach, it became the latest instance of a phenomenon that has long baffled marine biologists.

One marine mammal has been documented diving as deep as 9,816 feet — equivalent to the depth of over 30 Statues of Liberty stacked on top of one another.

Scientists explain the causes behind unusual numbers of whale strandings and deaths on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Chinese mitten crabs fed the larvae of black soldier flies contain more of the molecules that make food delicious.

Betsy Albright has been named the Dan and Bunny Gabel Chair of Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Environmental Management, effective July 1.