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The Straits by Skipjack

Dave Shaw

mountains and a glacier

Mar 27, 2024

Ice to Ocean

As glaciers melt and seas rise, new findings about ground elevations at the coast confirm that the battle between land and sea has become increasingly one-sided — and that an ecological transformation of coastal NC has begun.
image: rip currents safety poster.

Mar 26, 2024

The Rip Currents Safety Poster

Share this poster. Print it out and put it up -- and save a life.
image: blue land crab emerging from hole.

Mar 26, 2024

What’s the Deal with that Big Blue Crab on the Beach?

A new species has arrived in North Carolina — and you might even find one in your garage.
image: crab and shrimp salad on lettuce bed.

Mar 26, 2024

Mariner’s Menu: Spring’s Savory Dishes

Spring’s Savory Dishes: Crab and Shrimp Salad, Fresh Deviled Clams, Broiled Soft Crabs With Basil-butter Sauce

Skeleton of a carp fish isolated against a black background

Mar 26, 2024

Can Fish Bones Protect Us from the Sun?

Researchers investigate a sustainable alternative to harmful UV filters in sunscreens.
image: parasitic worm and lobster eggs.

Mar 26, 2024

Creature Feature: Conan O’Brien Worms, Sea Dragons, and Ocean Aliens

Recent research from the Caribbean to the U.K. to Antarctica proves the ocean contains no shortage of curiosities.
image: graphic of a magnifying glass over water with bubbles that say "PFAS".

Mar 26, 2024

Emerging Contaminants: Mystery in the Cape Fear

New testing reveals eight previously unrecorded forms of PFAS

Mar 26, 2024

Are Fishing and Boating Regulations Protecting Endangered Whales?

The North Atlantic right whale is a critically endangered species, with fewer than 400 estimated alive today. Two leading causes of right whale mortality are fishing gear and vessels.
image: offshore wind turbines in front of a sunset.

Mar 26, 2024

Hook, Line & Science

Fishing at Wind Farms, Live Imaging Sonar, and More...
image: bow of a sailboat heads towards a cloudy horizon.

Mar 26, 2024

The Straits by Skipjack

From the short dock along Lida Pigott’s cut in Gloucester off the north side of The Straits, on as blustery a Sunday summer afternoon as one might want, the 28-foot skipjack Natty Lou headed out, her mainsail reefed.