This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The coast has always held a magnetic pull. It’s where we walk for clarity, drawn by the hypnotic crash of waves; where we plunge into ...

When the tide rolls in and the forest canopy begins to thin, coastal foraging tours take on a new kind of magic. Visitors who join these guided adventures along America’s shoreline can hunt for wild ...

The short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus was nearly driven to extinction in the early 20th century, but is one of the most common seabirds found in coastal archaeological sites in Japan, the ...

This video shows the process of gathering kina, also known as sea eggs, along the coast of Gisborne, New Zealand. From rocky shorelines to careful harvesting, it highlights local seafood foraging and ...

“The problem with foraging for mushrooms is you can mistake a toxic variety for an edible one and wind up dead,” Spencer Marley said. On a warm autumn afternoon, he led my family along a trail in ...

“We all begin with seaweed blindness,” Roushanna Gray tells us, peering over the vast kelp forests of Cape Town’s False Bay from the shore. To the average beach-goer, the many varieties of seaweed are ...

Thanks to an unusually wet winter, mushroom hunters in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond will be greatly rewarded. Here’s a primer for first-timers. Credit...Ian C. Bates for The New York Times ...

This is how he makes money when he isn't catching fish to sell: giving tours about recreational fishing and coastal foraging opportunities. The tours are conducted through ForageSF, a local company ...