Some 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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