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Baby whale to be put down after second beaching

A baby humpback whale which was rescued after beaching off Australia's east coast this week will be put down after failing to find its mother and stranding itself again.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mysterious seaweed dump chokes S.Leone's coastline

Massive piles of seaweed have washed ashore along Sierra Leone's coastline, covering the white sand and raising fears for tourism and the fishing industry, officials said Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

56 pilot whales die after stranding on NZ beach

(AP) -- Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them, officials said Thursday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study: Digging in beach sand increases risk of gastrointestinal illness

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children and adults who build castles and dig in the sand at the beach are at greater risk of developing gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea than people who only walk on the shore or swim in the surf, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Global warming could kill off snails

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change models must be reworked in a bid to save some of the world’s smallest and slimiest creatures from extinction, a Flinders University PhD candidate warns.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Satellite tracking reveals sea turtle feeding hotspots

Satellite tracking of threatened loggerhead sea turtles has revealed two previously unknown feeding 'hotspots' in the Gulf of Mexico that are providing important habitat for at least three separate populations of the turtles, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Endangered turtle baby boom in Philippines

Globally endangered green turtles are enjoying a baby boom on remote Philippine islands as a three-decade protection programme starts to pay off, environment group Conservation International said Wednesday.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest

Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy's expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tsunami debris survey launched northwest of Midway

The tsunami that followed on the heels of the March 11, 2011, earthquake in Japan produced as much as 25 million tons of debris. Much of this debris was swept into the ocean. What stayed afloat drifted apart ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ecologists record and study deep-sea fish noises

University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet (682 meters) below the ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stranded baby seals concern Dutch rescuers

A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mysterious flotsam in Gulf of Mexico came from Deepwater Horizon rig, study finds

Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Warnings of ecological timebomb after Italy ship wreck

Fears rose of an environmental disaster from a wrecked cruise ship in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Italy on Monday as hopes faded of finding any more survivors on board.

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created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Fisherman's gold: Shark fin hunt empties west African seas

Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas.

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created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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