(NEXSTAR) – Bits of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt – a 5,000-mile-wide seaweed bloom – have started to wash up in Florida, but we’re likely months away from peak activity, researchers said Sunday.

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(NEXSTAR) – The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is thriving, “setting a record abundance” for this time of year, according to a new report released Friday. All that abundance – an estimated 13 million ...

"The people around here got together and saved most of them," a local marine biologist said of the rescue efforts When more than 100 whales became beached on Sri Lanka shores, rescue teams helped ...

Short-finned pilot whales beached en masse in Hamelin Bay, Western Australia was spotted by a fisherman Perth: At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died Friday after a mass beaching in Australia as ...

Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania. But what is known about whales beaching and how are they rescued? Why do whales beach ...

On Monday 20th of April 2015, Michael Grey of Lloyds List published the article "Name-calling bullies" where he outlined his opposition to the idea of banning beaching and gave reasons why such a ...

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SYDNEY, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania. Around 470 whales are in the pod, more than half of which have ...