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Dolphin Dies After Being Shot by Bow and Arrow Off Florida; Juvenile...
A juvenile has allegedly confessed to shooting a bottlenose dolphin that was found dead off of coastal Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico with a hunting arrow in its back recently, federal...
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Record Number of Sea Lion ‘Strandings’ in California
Wildlife services in California are being pushed to their limits this year. Since January 2015, every month has set a record in sea lion “strandings,” mostly sea lion pups, according to the National...
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Blue Whale Believed Tangled in Fishing Line May Now Be in Mexican Waters,...
A blue whale that is believed to be tangled in fishing line may be in Mexican waters, authorities said Monday. The 80-foot mammal was last seen Friday between Los Angeles Harbor and Catalina Island. It...
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Hurricane Joaquin Now Category 3 Storm as It Nears Bahamas
Joaquin strengthened into a major hurricane on Wednesday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center announced. The Category 3 storm is poised to pound the Bahamas with heavy rain and dangerous storm...
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NASA Climatologist: El Niño Has Arrived, Will Be ‘One Storm After Another...
The National Weather Service’s latest forecast indicated that a powerful El Niño continued to strengthen in October, but a NASA climatologist said the effects likely won’t be felt in California until...
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Rain From Powerful El Niño Weeks Away From Hitting California
A powerful El Niño continues gaining strength, the latest forecast released Thursday said. And while El Niño rains are still weeks away from hitting California, another weather phenomenon that has...
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2015 Is Warmest Year on Record Since Modern Recording Began in 1880: NASA, NOAA
Watch Video Last year was the warmest year on record since modern recording began in 1880, NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials revealed Wednesday. NASA posted this image...
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NOAA Warns Selfie Lovers to Stay Away From Seals in New England
New England has a message for selfie lovers: Stay away from seals and their pups. A seal is seen in a file photo. (Credit: Marine Mammals of Maine via NOAA) Feds warned beachgoers enjoying the surf and...
View ArticleOcean Exploration Team Spots ‘Googly-Eyed’ Stubby Squid Off California Coast
A research vessel exploring the ocean off the California coast recently captured footage of a “googly-eyed” Stubby squid, and the video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times since it was...
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Evacuations Underway in U.S. Ahead of Hurricane Matthew
It was time to gas up the car and evacuate coastal cities Wednesday as powerful Hurricane Matthew headed through the Bahamas toward Florida. Many residents heeded evacuation orders and hit the...
View ArticleLa Niña Arrives in the Pacific, Is Expected to Worsen Drought in Parts of the...
The long awaited La Niña, which was first predicted by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) back in April, has finally arrived in the Pacific Ocean, NOAA announced Thursday — and it’s expected to stick...
View ArticleMore Than 80 False Killer Whales Die in Largest Stranding in Florida History
Watch Video Almost 100 false killer whales became stranded on a remote beach in Florida over the weekend, the largest mass stranding of the mammals in the state’s history, officials said on Monday....
View ArticleSong of World’s Rarest Large Whale ‘Crying for Mate’ Recorded for First Time
Marine biologists have for the first time recorded the song of the world’s rarest large whale, the eastern North Pacific right whale, of which fewer than 30 individuals remain. The calls, which...
View ArticleForty Tons of Fishing Nets Collected by California Nonprofit in Pacific Ocean...
In a mission to clean up trash floating in the ocean, environmentalists pulled 40 tons (36 metric tons) of abandoned fishing nets this month from an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch....
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July Was Hottest Month Measured on Earth Since 1880, Scientists Say
July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for man-made climate change. Children cool off at a...
View ArticleEarth Had Its Hottest Decade on Record in 2010s, According to 2 U.S. Agencies
The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, capped off by the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported Wednesday. And scientists said they see no end to...
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