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Leatherback Turtle Tagging

UNH researchers tag first-ever free-swimming leatherback turtles in New England

Biology /

created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of New Hampshire researchers have tagged one male and two female leatherback turtles off Cape Cod. They are the first free-swimming leatherbacks ever tagged in New England.





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Another dolphin stranding off Cape Cod

Other Sciences /

created Jan 29, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Massachusetts wildlife officials say they have no idea why so many dolphins and whales have been stranded this winter on Cape Cod.


Town beach between canal and a hard place

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Jetties built decades ago to protect the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts appear to be starving nearby beaches, threatening them with erosion.


Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass. (AP)

Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.


New review delays Cape Cod wind farm

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created Nov 04, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new environmental review for a Cape Cod wind farm in Massachusetts will delay a final decision on the project about a year.


Cape tulips -- pretty but pests in pastures

Cape tulips -- pretty but pests in pastures

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds.


3 more great white sharks tagged off Mass. coast

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- A total of five great white sharks have now been electronically tagged off Cape Cod, allowing experts to track their movements and learn more about their migratory habits.


Proposed Nantucket wind farm in jeopardy

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created Apr 08, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A tentative U.S. Senate agreement could give Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney the final say on the wind farm project proposed for Nantucket Sound.


Chilled turtles warm up on Long Island

Other Sciences /

created Dec 29, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Six turtles found nearly frozen on the shore of Cape Cod Six have been taken to Long Island to recover.


US Atlantic cod population to drop by half by 2050

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A University of British Columbia researcher put a number to the impact of climate change on world fisheries at today's Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago.


Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.



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