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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I retired to the desert 20+ years ago and have seen dozens of plans to "restore" the Salton Sea. Lots of talk and print but no action, so here is my suggestion. The Sea is about 200 feet below sea ...

Long Beach residents will have the rare opportunity to tour an iconic, historic boat — the Western Flyer — this weekend. The Western Flyer is best known for its 1940 Sea of Cortez expedition with ...

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 ...

We have witnessed firsthand the damaging impacts of human excess on the Sea of Cortez’s natural resources — and on the well-being of its coastal communities. Overfishing, illegal fishing, coastal ...

The Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California, is a unique corner of the Pacific Ocean. This remarkable young sea is thought to be around five million years old and home to nearly 900 ...

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 ...