Officials still aren’t sure what object was on Highland Beach shore
A day after officials removed a mysterious steel object off the coast of Highland Beach, they still don’t know what the object is....
View ArticleCubans come ashore on Miami Beach but worry about second boat
Two small makeshift boats, linked only by a rope, left Cuba earlier this week carrying nine men. Early Saturday morning, one boat made landfall on Miami Beach with five men aboard. But the fate of the...
View ArticleShell Key dilemma: What to do about the closed-in pass
Peter Clark remembers coming to this barrier island about a year ago and noticing the water that once rushed along its northeastern edge had trickled to a thin stream. "It was a real shock to see the...
View ArticleAssembly Removes Whale For Burial
The Fante fishing community near Half Assini, yesterday jubilated when the Jomoro Assembly and the fishermen removed the whale which was...
View ArticleDrone Footage Shows Whale Washed Ashore on Oregon Beach
A blue whale washed ashore near Gold Beach, Oregon, on November 2, attracting a crowd keen to catch sight of such a unique specimen. ......
View ArticleLost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months
In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. This is his...
View ArticleRarely seen blue whale carcass washes ashore near beach
GOLD BEACH, Ore. (AP) -- A 78-foot long dead blue whale weighing over 100 tons washed ashore this week north of Gold Beach. The Register-Guard reports ( ) researchers are working to harvest the...
View ArticleBeached pygmy sperm whale put down at Mickler's Landing
MICKLER'S LANDING, Fla. — A pygmy sperm whale was put down Saturday morning after washing ashore at Mickler's Landing, officials said. Nadia Gordon with Florida Fish and Wildlife said the whale washed...
View ArticleClimate of opinion – An Irishwoman’s Diary on California’s crazy weather
‘The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in . . .!”Stop! Don’t say it! Don’t quote what Mark Twain said about San Francisco’s foggy summers. It’s what goose-bumped tourists groaned while fleeing...
View ArticleRescuers continue working to free entangled whale off coast of San Diego County
Rescuers continued working Saturday to free a humpback whale that had become tangled in fishing line off the Southern California coast. Authorities were alerted Friday to the plight of the whale, which...
View ArticleWhale is tangled in lobster fishing line off Newport Beach
Authorities worked Friday afternoon to untangle a gray whale that became wrapped in a fishing line about a mile off Newport Beach's Balboa Pier. The Orange County Sheriff's Department Harbor Patrol...
View ArticleRescue team frees whale from fishing line
On Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, California rescuers freed a humpback whale that was entangled in hundreds of feet of fishing line. The team believes they were able to cut enough of the line off the whale...
View ArticleRescuers free entangled whale in 2-day operation off California coast
This Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, photo courtesy of Facebook.com/Slater Moore Photography and newportwhales.com, shows an entangled humpback whale off the Southern California coast, during a whale watching...
View ArticleSecond day of rescue underway for entangled humpback whale
This Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, photo courtesy of Facebook.com/Slater Moore Photography and newportwhales.com, shows an entangled humpback whale off the Southern California coast, during a whale watching...
View ArticleEntangled whale in San Diego freed from 250-feet of crab nets
An entangled whale in San Diego was freed by rescuers from 250-feet of crab nets. Authorities were alerted on Fri. about a humpback whale that was...
View ArticleWhale likely killed by garbage
A sperm whale that was found dead, beached near the outlet of Pachang Creek (八掌溪) in Chiayi County on Sunday last week, might be another victim of waste produced by humans. The whale was initially...
View ArticleHuge mass of rubbish, including plastic bags and fishing nets, found in dead...
A whale washed up in Taiwan was found to contain a huge mass of rubbish in its stomach. Marine biologists in the country said it's likely the rubbish was a big contribution to the sperm whale’s death....
View ArticleFive Britons die after whale-watching boat sinks off Canada coast
Sixth person remains unaccounted for after the boat capsized near popular surfing resort on Vancouver Island...
View ArticleFive Britons killed as Canada whale-watching boat sinks
The boat, which had 27 people on board, sank off Vancouver Island in Canada on Saturday afternoon...
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