2 wayward humpbacks swim toward ocean
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Two whales lost on the Sacramento River swam 14 miles toward the ocean on Sunday after lingering for a week near a bridge about 70 miles from the sea, officials coordinating the rescue said.
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Rescuers succeeded in saving most of the whales still stranded on beaches in Australia and New Zealand as scientists pinpointed cyclical weather patterns as a likely cause of increased beachings.
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The apparent shift in tuna migration patterns is melding two disparate fishing fleets.
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Southern right whales are coming under increased attacks from an unlikely predator: seagulls hungry for the mammals' skin and blubber.
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The North Atlantic right whale, western wolverine and the dromedary jumping-slug on Canada's Pacific coast will soon share a dubious distinction.
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A humpback whale is satellite tagged for the first time in the waters of the South Pacific - to learn about its movements.
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ISLA HOLBOX, Mexico -- The whale shark -- a massive, polka-dotted creature stretching about 23 feet long -- slowly swam up alongside the scientists' boat. As it neared, they tossed a handful of pre-soaked rice in front of its enormous mouth. The rice rushed in along with the seawater, and the wha...
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Seasat 1 gives oceanographers their first in-depth look across the world's broad ocean environment.
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By Natasha Derrick, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb. 9--Phineous Palindrome swims along leisurely, his head bobbing up and down as his pursed lips feel around for food. His second head to the rear keeps watch for predators.
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Hurricane Jeanne veered westward in the  Atlantic Ocean on Thursday on a path toward the Bahamas and  then Florida, which has already been hit by three deadly and  devastating hurricanes since August.
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By KURT LOFT  To see exotic sea creatures up close and personal, you once had to don scuba gear and jump overboard.  Now, the fish are coming to you.
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More than two weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpback whales appeared to have finally found their way home Wednesday.
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By MARCUS WOHLSEN RIO VISTA, Calif. - Everyone seems to have a suggestion to get two wayward whales lingering in the Sacramento River to swim 70 miles back to the Pacific Ocean.
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By Paul RogersSTAFF  They are creeping along the bottom of Monterey Bay, hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface. In the cold blackness, they stretch as much as 15 feet high and 200 feet long.   Nobody knows exactly how they got there or what drives them.
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ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, Nova Scotia - A hydroelectric plant in Nova Scotia remained closed Tuesday after a wayward humpback whale swam through the underwater gates connecting the facility with the Atlantic Ocean.
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Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.
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Two humpback whales may have found their way back into the Pacific Ocean through San Francisco Bay after wandering off their migration path for more than two weeks.