Iceberg Cowboys, Professional Mermaids, and More Jobs You Didn’t Know Existed

Shoji Morimoto doesn’t talk much but he will sit and listen and be there for events people fear to share with someone they know.

You do what? A Long Island native traded book publishing for birds and never looked back.

Without help, flavours don’t always work well or last long. So scientists enlist all manner of agents to impart certain tastes in processed food.

Building some of the country’s best trails isn’t just about crafting flowing ribbons of singletrack. It’s also about navigating miles of red tape.

Their lavish costumes and group swims provide a community they could never find on land — so much so that they don’t identify as human.

Keeping the magic is sometimes all about having the right shade of lipstick.

Coolest travel jobs: what it’s like to design extreme obstacle courses.

My journey to meet the people herding frozen leviathans on the maritime frontier.

The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins.

It involves skiing, helicopters, and dynamite (really).

Foley artist Joanna Fang powers up video games with her eclectic arsenal of sound-simulating weapons.

Jim Bintliff collects the Delaware River mud that is smeared on Major League baseballs to make them less slippery. But that tradition is in jeopardy.