July 17, 2018 Texas company builds new oyster reef after Hurricane Harvey devastated population Prestige Oysters, one of the nation’s leading oyster distributors, is planting 10,000 tons of limestone off the coast of Galveston County. The latest endeavor is the first new reef on a private lease in the area in about 40 years. Last year, Hurricane Harvey caused salinity levels to drop, leading to the widespread death of oysters in the area.
July 13, 2018 Friday the 13th eclipse visible in Antarctica A solar eclipse is scheduled for Friday the 13th, but most skywatchers will be out of luck without doing a bit of traveling.
July 10, 2018 Texas woman reels in 7-foot shark: 'Thank God for CrossFit' Lauren Biggers reeled in a nearly 7-foot blacktip shark off Surfside Beach in Texas over the weekend — a feat she says wouldn't have been possible without her CrossFit training.
June 29, 2018 Florida beach littered with 'hundreds' of dead fish, marine life The bodies of many different species of marine life — such as fish, sea turtles, eels, goliath groupers and even manatees — have washed ashore on Boca Grande beach in Florida over the past week.
June 28, 2018 'Sonar Anomaly' discovered off North Carolina coast, fascinating scientists NOAA explorers have discovered a “sonar anomaly” off the coast of North Carolina.
June 26, 2018 Blacktip shark mysteriously appears in Texas neighborhood Residents of a neighborhood in La Porte, Texas were baffled to find a blacktip shark next to a curb last week.
June 21, 2018 Blue whale carcass carved into, stomped on by tourists taking selfies on top of the creature Authorities were appalled to discover a 66-foot-long, beached blue whale along the coast of Punta Delgada, Chile, desecrated with graffiti and surrounded by dozens of tourists.
June 20, 2018 Hammerhead shark fights tarpon as Florida boaters watch in shock A Florida woman out for a boat ride on Sunday captured shocking footage of what appears to be a hammerhead shark chasing a tarpon.
June 20, 2018 Cotton candy-colored lobster caught off Maine coast: It's the 'rarest of the rare' A Canadian fisherman made a 1-in-100 million catch when he pulled a rainbow-colored lobster out of the water off the coast of Maine.
June 15, 2018 Jellyfish numbers on the rise along US beaches If you’re heading to the beach this summer like millions of other Americans, scientists say you should be on the lookout for jellyfish.
