Fourth-grader Reagan Calkins likes to visit the fish in her elementary school’s marine science lab each morning. Her favorite: Sunny the blenny. On Jan. 16, the 9-year-old was holding a sea urchin at ...

“We call this paradise ‘home,’ Nelson Johnson said as he gazed out over the water surrounding the Duke University Marine Lab campus in Beaufort, North Carolina. Johnson lives in nearby Emerald Isle.

The event will highlight the work of the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team, which responds to entangled whales and ...

The building had maintenance challenges before it caught fire in early May. Plans were underway for repairs.