NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests
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NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In Washington State, April is when millions of young Chinook salmon are released from hatcheries, where they started as tiny, pink globes, to swim downstream and rebuild the salmon population. They are part of an ecosystem that affects tribal, commercial, and recreational fishing…

Why Are Dolphins and Sea Lions Washing Up Dead on Southern California Beaches?
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Why Are Dolphins and Sea Lions Washing Up Dead on Southern California Beaches?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Adam Fox grabbed the nets and the cage from the back of his pickup truck. Something in the sand was disturbing the iconic Southern California scenery at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday morning. A sea lion washed up on the beach just…

Pod of Dolphins Greets NASA Astronauts After Splashdown
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Pod of Dolphins Greets NASA Astronauts After Splashdown

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines SpaceX and the Coast Guard work together to try to keep civilian boaters away from returning spacecraft after astronauts splash down in the water. But on Tuesday night, they could not do anything about a pod of curious dolphins. A handful of the…

Boat Crew Spots Thousands of Dolphins in a California Bay ‘Superpod’
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Boat Crew Spots Thousands of Dolphins in a California Bay ‘Superpod’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On a small inflatable boat last Friday, Evan Brodsky and two co-workers with a whale-watching tour company were on the lookout for gray whales on the Pacific blue waters of Monterey Bay, along the central coast of California. After four hours of searching,…

Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile
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Man Is Briefly ‘Swallowed’ by Whale in Chile

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Paddling through choppy waters under cloudy skies, Adrián Simancas and his father were packrafting only a few yards away from each other when something huge lunged, mouth open, from the waves below. A humpback whale appeared to gulp Mr. Simancas down, then rolled…