Found another wreck from the 1800s in the area where the Clotilda was burned and sunk. More to come. al.com/news/mobile/in…

People set up a volleyball net in a bird rookery and killed hundreds of baby birds. Plucked eggs from nests and left them to bake in the sun. Just wicked. al.com/news/mobile/in…

Gordon comes to Alabama! #aldotcom #hurricane

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I swam with the fishes during the massive Gulf migration. The video is gorgeous, mesmerizing and mind-blowing. Truly epic in scale. It'll make your day. #saltlife al.com/news/mobile/in…

Flipping houses: Ben H. Raines had a bit of fun today and made a video of Camberg the hermit crab, who had a bit of a struggle getting into his new home! Enjoy with 🎧on for the full effect:

Surf’s up! 10 and 12 footers rolling in.

Slave Ship update: New ship I found is "exactly the same size" as the Clotilda, according to the Nat Geo archaeology team now digging it up! al.com/news/2018/12/c…

New shipwreck is exactly the size of the Clotilda, the last American slave ship. google.com/amp/s/www.al.c…

Vote here to protect the Underwater Forest, a 70,000 year old relic on the bottom of the Gulf. al.com/news/2019/01/s…

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My interview with NPR in the wake of the news that I discovered the wreck of the Clotilda, the last American slave ship. npr.org/2019/05/23/726…

I wrote a piece for the L.A. Times about what should happen to the wreck of the Clotilda, the last American slave ship, now that we found it. I’m for putting it on display in Africatown. Read it here: google.com/amp/s/www.lati…

My new book Saving America’s Amazon comes out Dec. 15. You can get a sneak peek here in the Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Thrilled to be on NPR’s Weekend Edition today talking Saving America’s Amazon and the Clotilda with the fabulous Debbie Elliott. We toured the Delta and visited the ship. Take a listen! npr.org/2020/12/06/943…

The Center for Biological Diversity's The Revelator invited me for a Q & A interview about Saving America's Amazon. Tara Lohan asked great questions. Many thanks for helping shine a spotlight on Alabama! therevelator.org/alabama-amazon…

My new book Saving America’s Amazon published today!

My Clotilda book, The Last Slave Ship - The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning got a coveted “star”from Kirkus, reserved for "books of extraordinary merit." Preorder on Amazon. kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/b…

Hey, I’m Ben Raines and I'm hosting an AMA about my possible discovery of the last American slave ship, Clotilda! Join me, Mobile historian John Sledge, and anthropology professors Greg Cooke and John Bratten on Thursday at 1:30 in Reddit’s r/History subreddit!

Ambassador of Benin begs forgiveness from Clotilda slaves during wreck visit al.com/news/mobile/in…