40% Less Mercury in Fish Shows Success of US Coal Industry Caps
A new study shows mercury levels in bluefish off the U.S. Atlantic coast have dropped 43% since 1972, after coal-fired plants cut emissions in half.
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SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.
Ex-NBA Star Yao Ming Saves Millions of Sharks From Slaughter
When NBA star Yao Ming starred in a TV ad to discourage people from eating a Chinese delicacy, he set off a chain reaction that has saved millions of sharks.
Humpbacks Whales Leap Off Endangered Species List
The majestic humpback whales have something else to sing about. Share it on Earth Day.
Scotland Protects Seas and Reefs
Seabirds and reefs with feather stars and a large clam that can live for centuries are among the species that will benefit from 30 new Scottish marine protected areas, the most protected in Europe.
Accidental Discovery: Orange Peels Could Suck Mercury Out of Oceans
Scientists were trying to recycle manufacturing waste and discovered a substance that can easily clean mercury out of the ocean.
Beluga Whale Stuns Navy Team With Amazingly Human Chatter (LISTEN)
Everything was going swimmingly at the Navy Marine Mammal Program when all of a sudden, one of the supervisors was being impersonated... by a beluga whale.
First Ever Glowing Sea Turtle Is Discovered In South Pacific (WATCH)
Marine biologists were taking a swim through the Solomon Islands when an eerily glowing turtle floated through the coral.
Australian is Saving Whales, Seals and Turtles With Incredible Passion
Rupert Imhoff is a star on Facebook. Through his online networking against hunting for whales, he has attracted 135,000 people to the cause. Because of Imhoff's thorough research and keen debating points -- along with his utter passion -- his group is growing by nearly 2000 people every day.
Elusive Tangled Whale Freed Of Fishnets Off Sonoma Coast
A gray whale that had been tangled in a fishing net for more than three weeks as it swam up the California coast was finally disentangled Thursday by a fishing boat crew out of Bodega Bay.
Navy Rescues Dog 5 Weeks After It Fell Overboard in the Ocean (WATCH)
The US Navy has reunited a missing dog with her family, five weeks after the German shepherd began the rescue herself in the Pacific ocean.
Solar-Powered ‘Mayflower' to Cross Ocean 400 Years After Pilgrim Voyage
If all goes as planned, this high-tech, solar-and-wind-powered ship will follow the same route its pioneering namesake took, ‘from Plymouth to Plymouth.'
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