C.J. Chivers

Jan 31, 2025 | savingseafood.org | C.J. Chivers

January 31, 2025 — For several years while teaching at the University of Vermont, Joe Roman, a conservation biologist, challenged students to an unusual exercise. Design an animal ideal for the role of marine invader, he’d say, a creature with the natural traits to colonize a territory not its own and, in the relentlessly competitive scrum of the wild, establish itself sturdily for the long term.

Dec 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | C.J. Chivers |David Guttenfelder

Outnumbered and desperate, the nation began hacking cheap consumer UAVs with explosives - bringing a brutal new form of terror to 21st-century warfare. Trader, a Ukrainian drone technician, preparing for an attack. Credit... Listen to this article, read by Robert Fass The sweep - the controlled choreography of a mechanical dragonfly - allowed Prorok and Buryi to scan the smoldering spot.

Jun 6, 2024 | savingseafood.org | C.J. Chivers

June 4, 2024 — The call from the Atlantic Ocean sounded over VHF radio on a midsummer afternoon. » “Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the transmission began, then addressed the nearest U.S. Coast Guard command center. “Sector Delaware Bay, this is the vessel Jersey Pride.

Jun 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | C.J. Chivers

The opioid epidemic has made a dangerous job even more deadly. And when there’s an overdose at sea, fishermen have to take care of one another.

Oct 3, 2023 | menshealth.com | C.J. Chivers

For our 35th anniversary issue, we're spotlighting 35 men who embody strength in all of its forms. To see the full list, click here. A LITTLE MORE than a decade ago, as a U. S. Army soldier in his mid-20s, Mills stood six feet, three inches tall and weighed 250 pounds. His biceps, he says, taped 23 inches. To realize such a physique, Mills embodied a definition of strength many young athletes would recognize.