'Lonesome George' Embalmed? Galapagos Tortoise Sent To New York For...
Lonesome George (AP Photo) The body of "Lonesome George," a giant Galapagos tortoise once believed to be the last of its kind, has been sent to New York to be embalmed and then returned home, the...
View ArticleWhere bees get their buzz: Caffeinated nectar helps the insect’s memory
Where bees get their buzz After a long day buzzing between flowers, even the most industrious worker bee could use a little help remembering which ones she wants to return to the next day. Some plants...
View Article20 tips for visiting the Hawaiian Islands
The Big Island of Hawaii has forests, waterfalls, lava cliffs, whales leaping offshore and beautiful sunsets.iStock Thinking of taking a trip to Hawaii? From the historical sites of Oahu to the...
View ArticleStingray City Rays Learn To Hustle Tourists, Scientists Finally Notice
Posted: March 18, 2013 Stingray City southern stingrays, known to science as Dasyatis americana, are the reason most tourists who aren’t money launderers head for Grand Cayman instead of a more...
View ArticleFive shark species win protection against finning trade
Cites summit votes for strictly controlled permits to export fins of oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and three species of hammerhead The fins of the scalloped hammerhead are among the most valuable of all...
View ArticleBeach the star in Port Aransas
PORT ARANSAS — When it comes to beach vacations, my wife and I have made a habit of visiting trendy locales with a wide variety of activities to enjoy. But it turns out, the most versatile and...
View ArticleHearing the ocean’s voice (The University of North Carolina)
(Source: The University of North Carolina) When the ocean tells its story, Dr. Patricia Gray is there to listen. Gray, a biomusic researcher in UNCG's Music Research Institute and director of its...
View Article>5 free things in Florida Keys with focus on nature
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Keys offers every water activity imaginable from sailing to sport fishing. But a fishing charter or snorkeling excursion will cost you. Fortunately, the Keys, a...
View ArticleBay’s intersex fish mystery remains unsolved
Ten years have gone by since one of the weirdest discoveries in the Chesapeake Bay region, on the south branch of the Potomac River — male smallmouth bass with lady parts, eggs in places where they...
View ArticleGroups slam aquarium for keeping whale shark
The Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST) and several other environmental groups yesterday said that the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium kept whale sharks in small tanks that...
View ArticleAustralian tourist earns Star of Courage award for bravely grabbing shark...
PERTH, Australia — An Australian received a bravery award on Monday for grabbing a 3.7 meter (12-foot) great white shark by the tail as it mauled a snorkeler. Trevor Burns,...
View Article'Golden rules' for safe swimming with sharks
Shark scientist Riley Elliott says people can swim with sharks without being attacked - they just have to know how. While spearheading the Elliott says there are three "golden rules" in the water that...
View Article5 free things in Florida Keys with focus on nature
Photos KEY WEST, Fla. - (AP) -- The Florida Keys offers every water activity imaginable from sailing to sport fishing. But a fishing charter or snorkeling excursion will cost you. Fortunately, the...
View ArticleRipper for flippers
The Tangalooma Wrecks off the coast of Moreton Island. Photo: Jane E. Fraser This month P&O becomes the first cruise line to visit Moreton Island in Queensland. Jane E. Fraser reports on what to...
View ArticleCITES Adds Sharks, Manta Rays Used In Chinese Cooking To List Of Endangered...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, took action to reduce global trade in endangered sharks and rays this week at its triennial Wildlife...
View ArticleNiue: The many charms of Niue
Dubbed Savage Island by Captain James Cook, Niue is now a haven of bliss, writes Paul Rush My first glimpse of Niue belies its title "The Rock of Polynesia". Forget the formidable bulwark of the Rock...
View ArticleRescuers Free Whale Entangled in Fishing Gear
Specially trained rescuers recently freed a humpback whale swimming off the island of Maui from a tangle of rope, a potentially life-threatening situation for the animal. A tour vessel and a U.S....
View ArticleThreatened sharks are the new whales du jour
Seven years ago, I jumped into shark-infested waters. Three dozen black-tipped reef sharks swarmed around me while two 12-foot tiger sharks circled the perimeter. There was no cage — just 12 divers...
View ArticleShark liver oil: When Scots hunted big sharks
A project tagging basking sharks that gather in Scottish waters is to be extended. But in the past the sharks were not sought out by scientists but by hunters eager to harvest their prized livers....
View ArticleDivers Free Whale Entangled in Fishing Gear
Specially trained divers recently freed a humpback whale swimming off the island of Maui from a tangle of rope, a potentially life-threatening situation for the animal. A tour vessel and a U.S. Coast...
View ArticleSome of the Florida Keys’ best attractions are free: Sunset views, nature...
KEY WEST, Fla. — The Florida Keys offers every water activity imaginable from sailing to sport fishing. But a fishing charter or snorkeling excursion will cost you. Fortunately, the Keys, a series of...
View ArticleWhales filter feed with a tangled hair-like net
Filter-feeding whales' unique baleen structures tangle to trap food, experiments have revealed. US scientist Professor Alexander J Werth investigated how bowhead and humpback whales capture prey using...
View ArticleSome of the Florida Keys' best attractions are free: Sunset views, nature...
KEY WEST, Fla. - The Florida Keys offers every water activity imaginable from sailing to sport fishing. But a fishing charter or snorkeling excursion will cost you. Fortunately, the Keys, a series of...
View ArticleWelcome to the bay of plenty
Cape Town - The relationship between coastal towns and the people who depend on them for their livelihood is often tricky. How does one begin to find a middle ground between residents who want an...
View Article105 whale sharks rescued in last two years along Gujarat coast
AHMEDABAD: The forest department and the rescue teams along the Gujarat coast have rescued 105 whale sharks in the last two years. Minister of state for forest and environment Govind Patel told the...
View ArticleDances with whales: close encounters in the deep
Christopher Swann turned his back on eco-tourism to commune with cetaceans in Baja California. Brian Jackman meets the 'whale whisperer'. A grey whale feeding in the Gulf of California Photo:...
View ArticleNiue: Natural wonders
Brett Atkinson explores the charms of Niue's coral atoll Adrift in remote expanses of wild Pacific blue, Niue is one of the planet's most surprising islands. Rugged, individual, and only 240 sq km in...
View ArticlePaul Charles, Stabbing Suspect, Surrenders After Police Standoff Due To Sharks
He was caught between a cop and a shark place. Authorities credit sharks with helping to end a standoff between a stabbing suspect Paul Charles and law enforcement in Palm Beach, Fla. Palm Beach Fire...
View ArticleBelize adventure
“I swear, it hardly ever rains this time of year,” said every native Belizean I met in San Pedro, Belize. Beneath each resort umbrella, in each restaurant and corner store I sought out for shelter, I...
View ArticleShark Death During Kmart Commercial Shoot Prompts Humane Association Probe
LOS ANGELES -- The American Humane Association says it's enlisted an independent investigator to look into the death of a shark after a commercial filming in Los Angeles. The 5-foot shark died March 6...
View ArticleWhale shark enclosure plan 'flawed'
A German underwater cameraman's plans to capture whale sharks so tourists can dive with them off Kenya have infuriated conservationists, who said the suggestions that the scheme would protect the...
View ArticleGreat White Shark Sticks Head In Diving Cage; Divers Narrowly Avoid Attack...
A pair of shark divers off the coast of South Africa were in for an unwanted surprise when a great white shark got incredibly close to their diving cage. Though the cage was attached to a boat at the...
View ArticleStingrays adjust their behavior in response to feedings from tourists
Being fed by tourists has transformed the behavior of a group of Southern stingrays in the Caribbean over the past three decades, according to a study in the journal PLOS One. Female rays fed packaged...
View ArticleTourists descend on sleepy Philippine village as the location of gentle...
The world's largest fish...
View ArticleTourists descend on sleepy Philippine village to swim with whale sharks as...
The world's largest fish...
View ArticleWhale Shark Feeding Causes Controversy
Posted: March 13, 2013 Whale shark feeding is a popular tourist attraction that draws hundreds of daily visitors to a small fishing village in the Philippines. While the attraction has helped to fuel...
View ArticleShark-feeding slammed
Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Yet now they flock there by the hundreds - to swim with...
View ArticleControversy over feeding of world's largest shark
Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy village that never saw tourists unless they were lost or in transit. Yet...
View ArticleLocals, biologists face off over Philippine whale shark feeding
Tan-awan, Philippines (Reuters) - Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu,...
View ArticleWhale shark 'feeding' new tourist attraction in Philippines
Tan-awan, in the southern Philippines island of Cebu, used to be a sleepy...
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