NPR's John McChesney recently returned from a visit to Baja California to report on a crew of scientists following the route John Steinbeck and Ed "Doc" Ricketts made 64 years ago, charting the marine ...

In the second-part of a National Geographic Radio Expedition to the Sea of Cortez, NPR's John McChesney reports on the observations marine biologists have made along the coast, near the City of La Paz ...

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash — A piece of literary history is once again setting sail in the waters of western Washington. The boat John Steinbeck was on while writing The Log from the Sea of Cortez is ...

Mexico is an evergreen destination that allures travelers with its heritage, soft sandy shores, amazing weather, local cuisine, and ancient wonders. It's no surprise that the country is where the most ...

Thirteen years ago, an enormous great white shark sprawled on a beach near Guaymas, Mexico, on the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez, quickly became a spectacle. Commercial fishermen Guadalupe and ...

We’re just 10 minutes out to sea when a large shadow the size of a bus passes under the boat. “There!” our captain says, pulling the boat around. We slow and gaze below in awe as a 28’ whale shark ...

About 3 miles east of Bombay Beach, and a half-mile back from the Salton Sea’s receding shoreline, the crunchy exposed playa gives way from a mostly empty white landscape to more and more native ...

SAN DIEGO — The world's most endangered porpoise species is showing faint signs of recovery, with researchers spotting a mother vaquita and her calf during the 2025 annual population survey in the Sea ...