Posts in category Environment

For the second time in less than a month, a dead whale has washed ashore in Pacifica, about 15 miles south of San Francisco. The second whale, a young female humpback, …

  The Marine Mammal Center confirms the rescue of a California sea lion pup this morning in the Marina neighborhood of San Francisco. Concerned members of the public called the …

With ragged bluffs that have been battered for centuries by frothing swells, hidden meadows and secluded beaches, it’s no wonder why people love Big Sur so much. The one hundred …

Size does matter. It matters a lot. The gargantuan flight deck of the USS Saratoga materialized out of the blue and I found myself testing my regulator’s flow capacity at …

At 598 meters feet below the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, the remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) Hercules has encountered a magnificent sperm whale. The whale circled Hercules several times and …

Under rainy skies, 50 certified scuba divers volunteered their time on Saturday, April 25, to clean the ocean bottom beneath Harford Pier at Avila Beach. In total, about 900 pounds of …

Curacao, much like all other Caribbean nations, has seen the health of its coral reefs declining over the past three decades.  In addition to addressing the causes for the reef …

During a shark interaction scuba dive at Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas, divers spotted a shark with a rope wrapped around its body. In an amazing act of trust, the shark allowed divers to hold …

U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Navy vastly underestimated the threat to marine mammals by its use of sonar and explosives during training off Southern California …

Well that didn’t take long. We reported yesterday that conservation groups PRETOMA and Turtle Island Restoration Network found evidence that hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) were being exported from Costa Rican …