Kristine Hansen is a design, food and drink, and travel writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She often seeks out wine bars, coffee roasters, cheesemongers' shops, art museums, antiques and vintage ...

Meditation is often touted as a mental cure-all, purported to help with stress, sleep, mood, focus and even certain medical conditions. I’ve been meditating most of my adult life. I’ve done silent ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dive shop owner Bill Cole leaned back in his captain’s chair, raised the volume on the Margaritaville radio station and watched six trails of bubbles trickle up through clear ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Two years ago almost to the day, my wife Tracy and I found ourselves ...

At first glance, the Caribbean might not appear to fit the bill for a quiet getaway. Most tourists gather in the same handful of islands and island groupings: Aruba, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the ...

This tropical lagoon surrounds the island of Moorea, French Polynesia. A visible coral reef line creates a natural barrier between the deep Pacific Ocean and the calm turquoise water near shore.

A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...

Some ancient fish in the Caribbean may have lost their lunch. Modern food chains on coral reefs off the coasts of the Dominican Republic and Panama are roughly 60 to 70 percent shorter than they were ...

University of Guam researcher Dr. Laurie Raymundo conducting a health assessment of a bleached Acropora muricata thicket in Apra Harbor, Guam, October 2017. Credit: Dave Burdick Benefits to society ...

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations recover could boost sustainable fish yields by nearly 50%, creating millions of ...

Key Largo’s John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first undersea park in the United States, remains one of the only places in Florida where you can snorkel or scuba dive among truly healthy coral.