The search for offshore oil begins with a boom. Before the oil rigs arrive and the boring begins, operators need to fire intense seismic blasts repeatedly into the ocean to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Puget Sound whales get a break from boaters at no loss to whale-watching
Restrictions on vessel traffic have helped keep more boaters farther from critically endangered southern-resident killer whales, while not harming the whale-watch industry, a new study has found. Federal restrictions enacted … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nearly 100 false killer whales died in South Florida. Now scientists want to know why
By the time rescuers returned to a mass stranding of false killer whales on the remote coast of Southwest Florida early Sunday, most had died overnight, their corpses now drawing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nearly 100 false killer whales stranded off Southwest Florida
Nearly 100 rare false killer whales have stranded themselves off the remote coast of Southwest Florida in Everglades National Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday. So far, … Click to Continue »
Read More »Mysterious stranding kills 81 false killer whales off Southwest Florida
More than 80 false killer whales have been found dead after stranding themselves along the remote coast of Southwest Florida in Everglades National Park, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Click to Continue »
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