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China: An ordinary maritime accident
The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a suspected Chinese trawler in disputed waters was described by Beijing yesterday as an ordinary maritime accident. The Philippine defense department said on Wednesday a suspected ...
- June 14, 2019
Dead fish east of Australia cause environmental stink
As many as a million fish are believed to have died along the banks of a major river system in drought-battered eastern Australia, and the authorities warned Monday of more deaths to come. The banks of the Murray-Darling ...
- January 15, 2019
Where tourists get the thrill of fishing for plastic
Equipped with fishing rods and thick gloves, a group of people peers into the water from one of the many boats that line Amsterdam’s famous canals. But it’s not fish they’re hunting on their cruise along one of the Dutch ...
- July 27, 2019
Whale whispers beat predators
Female Atlantic right whales lower their voices to a whisper when communicating with their young to prevent “eavesdropping” by predators, researchers said Wednesday. Several species of adult whales rarely get hunted by ...
- October NaN, 2019
Jackie Chan's Vietnam visit canceled over China sea row
Martial-arts film star Jackie Chan's planned visit to Vietnam for a charity has been cancelled following an online backlash related to Beijing's expansive claims in the disputed South China Sea. The Hong Kong-born actor ...
- November 9, 2019
Divers spot giant white shark off Hawaii coast
An enormous great white shark — believed to be one of the biggest on record — has been spotted off the coast of Hawaii by divers who took a swim with the predator. The 20-foot (six-meter) female shark — bearing similar ...
- January 19, 2019
Contraband
Seized endangered species products, including elephant ivory tusks, pangolin scales and shark fins, are shown at a press conference at the Kwai Chung Customhouse Cargo Examination Compound in Hong Kong.
- January 25, 2019
Japanese tuna nets $3.1 M at auction
A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna on Saturday as Tokyo's new fish market, which replaced the world-famous Tsukiji late last year, held its first predawn new year's auction. Bidding ...
- January 7, 2019
Humanity must rescue oceans to rescue itself, UN warns
Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth’s frozen spaces in ways that directly ...
- September 26, 2019
Magnet fishing clearing out French Rivers, scouring history
Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France's rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance. Sometimes, too, they fish other more unexpected ...
- September 1, 2019