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Whalers, activists clash again
Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet. ...
- February 9, 2010
Crews try to protect wildfire from Texas oil spill
Crews worked Sunday to protect two sensitive wildlife areas after a crude oil spill shut down parts of a major southeast Texas port, state Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson said. Plastic walls known as booms and oil-sucking ...
- January 26, 2010
Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia
Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor - including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear ...
- August 31, 2010
No-kill researchers sail to study Antarctic whales
Researchers set sail from New Zealand on Tuesday to study whales off Antarctica without killing them - an open challenge to Japan's killing of up to 1,000 whales a year in the name of science. Japan has six-boat whaling ...
- February 4, 2010
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
Whaling protester to be charged in Japan
An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand is in custody on a Japanese vessel and will be taken to Japan to face charges after secretly boarding the ship as part of a protest, officials said Tuesday. Peter Bethune, a member ...
- February 18, 2010
Gulf Coast oil spill spreading out of control
An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control with a faint sheen washing ashore along the Gulf Coast Thursday night as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread ...
- May 1, 2010
Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet exchange water cannon fire
Activists vowing to stop the killing of whales exchanged water-cannon fire with a Japanese whaling fleet they are tailing in the Antarctic Ocean, as sea confrontations that have led to collisions and a sunken vessel continue. ...
- February 11, 2010
Bluefin tuna tops agenda in Doha CITES conference
A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar. The 175-nation ...
- March 16, 2010