A fossilized brain from a 500-million-year-old sea creature shows unexpected spider-like features, hinting that spiders and their kin may have evolved in the ocean—not on land.

The author explores the mystery, and the appeal, of the mako shark — and the fishermen who've targeted them over the years.

It is something Outer Banks rescue workers deal with often, people in inflatable rafts getting stuck far away from land and ...