October 23, 2015 Pacific nation creates marine reserve the size of California The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has announced plans to create one of the world’s largest marine reserves, becoming the latest country to bolster protection of its ocean resources from threats like illegal fishing.
October 22, 2015 Underwater robots used to find endangered whales Torpedo-shaped underwater robots called gliders can read calls from four types of endangered whales and relay their locations in real time. And they can do it in weather too harsh for the plane and boat surveys now relied on to find the whales.
October 21, 2015 How a fake island landed on Google Earth Last year, a group of Australian researchers "undiscovered" an island the size of Manhattan in the South Pacific
October 21, 2015 Officials begin testing mysterious goo linked to San Francisco Bay Area bird deaths San Francisco Bay Area officials have begun laboratory tests and necropsies on dead seabirds found coated with a mysterious substance that looks and feels like dirty rubber cement.
October 21, 2015 Atlanta father shares what it’s like to perform C-section on a shark Atlanta-based money manager Ron Hughes certainly did not expect to perform an impromptu C-section on a shark – and saving three baby ‘pups’ in the process – when he decided to take an early evening beachside stroll during the Memorial Day weekend. Flash forward six months later and even more unexpected was the fact that a video of Hughes performing the spur-of-the-moment medical procedure would go viral, circulating across social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
October 21, 2015 Federal scientists discover new coral species in underwater canyons off California's coast Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say they've discovered a new species of deep-sea coral off the Northern California coast.
October 21, 2015 Study: Sleeper sharks may kill Steller sea lions Scientists researching the severe decline in Alaska's Steller sea lion population have a fingered a new possible suspect for the drop: Pacific sleeper sharks, a species previously thought of as a scavenger and fish-eater.
October 21, 2015 UN touts Climate Summit successes U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lauded the achievements of world leaders attending the Climate Summit in New York this week, touting, in particular, initiatives around carbon pricing and cutting emissions.
October 21, 2015 New baby orca spotted in Washington waters Whale researchers are celebrating a newborn orca in the waters off San Juan Island in Washington state.
