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24 stranded whales survive
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. Large waves and strong ...
- September 24, 2010
Giant predatory whale named
Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago - and they've named it after the author of "Moby Dick." The prehistoric sperm whale grew to ...
- July 13, 2010
China shows naval air exercises above sea
China’s state broadcaster has shown navy fighter bombers taking part in exercises over the South China Sea, including one involving the detection and expulsion of foreign military surveillance aircraft such as those deployed ...
- May 9, 2017
Mussels disappearing from New England waters, scientists say
The Gulf of Maine’s once strong population of wild blue mussels is disappearing, scientists say. A study led by marine ecologists at the University of California at Irvine found the numbers along the gulf coastline have ...
- September 1, 2016
Protect PH fishers in WPS, Du30 told
President Rodrigo Duterte was urged to protect the Filipino fishermen who were allegedly harassed by the Chinese coast guard at the Scarborough Shoal. “Instead of taking action to protect our fishermen, the Duterte ...
- June 12, 2018
Conservation efforts focus on coastlines in N. Haiti
Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. Over the decades, impoverished Haiti has gained a reputation as an environmental wasteland. The country has only about 2 to 3 percent of its original forest ...
- June 9, 2015
China calls int’l court a puppet
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to set up an air defense zone after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that junked its territorial ...
- July 14, 2016
Stricken US Navy ship a total loss
The US Navy plans to dismantle a minesweeper that ran aground at the protected Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea because the ship is a complete loss and because removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ...
- February 1, 2013
Chinese turtle-smuggling flight attendants fined in US
Two flight attendants for a Chinese airline were fined and ordered to leave the United States within 72 hours on Monday for attempting to smuggle dozens of spotted and box turtles in carry-on bags from Los Angeles to China. ...
- July 25, 2018
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered ...
- August 10, 2020