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Researchers from US and Canada team up to study white sharks
BOSTON (AP) — Researchers in New England and Canada are teaming up to learn more about the great white sharks appearing in Northeast waters in greater numbers each summer. More than a dozen organizations and state agencies from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine are part of the New...
Study looks at impact of ocean and dams on salmon runs
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A controversial new study challenges long-standing science that pins salmon declines in the Snake River Basin on dams. The Lewiston Morning Tribune reports the work by British Columbia scientist David Welch puts the blame for poor returns of adult Snake River spring and fall chinook...
Stranded whale in Mobile Bay euthanized
MONTROSE, Ala. (AP) — Veterinarians on Wednesday euthanized a sperm whale that had been stranded in Mobile Bay and was no longer able to swim, a conservation group announced. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab Marine Mammal Research Program said the whale was sedated and euthanized Wednesday morning....
Unique Idaho salmon numbers rise, but extinction looms
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A unique population of salmon that for thousands of years has been reproducing in one of Idaho’s wildest places experienced a small increase in adults returning to spawn this year. But the number of chinook salmon returning to the Middle Fork of the Salmon River and its...
Scientists study cause of endangered whale calf's death
CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says scientists are trying to discover the cause of death of a whale calf belonging to “one of the rarest marine mammals” on earth after it was found stranded on a beach on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Biologists performed a necropsy...
Ecologist leads projects to protect, preserve the Eel River
DENVER, Ind. (AP) — Over the last eight years, the Eel River in northern Miami County has undergone a stunning transformation. Four low-head dams have been removed, making the river safer than ever before for paddlers. Fish and other aquatic animals are thriving that haven’t lived in the stream in...
Prehistoric Atlantic sturgeon washes up in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A rare and prehistoric fish has washed up on Virginia Beach's oceanfront. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the nearly five-foot long Atlantic sturgeon was found Saturday near 20th Street. The slow-moving, armor-plated species sometimes falls victim to ship strikes. And the...
Long-running plankton study to resume off of Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A long-running study of tiny organisms off New England is set to resume due to an agreement between scientific organizations. The survey is about plankton in the Gulf of Maine. Plankton are tiny animals and plants that play a key role in the ocean's food chain. The survey of Gulf of...
Boaters advised to use caution on Kentucky Lake during study
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Boaters are advised to use caution on Kentucky Lake next month as scientists study the movements of silver carp in the waterway. Officials will be using block nets Nov. 2-13 to confine the movement of tagged carp in order to research ways to improve mass removal efforts of the...
Bigelow Laboratory developing test to find toxins in mussels
EAST BOOTHBAY, Maine (AP) — A Maine lab is set to receive about $900,000 in federal funding to research a new method of detecting potentially harmful toxins in mussels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Center for Coastal Ocean Science awarded the money to Bigelow Laboratory...
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