Animals and Wildlife

To ease the threat of vessels striking whales, federal officials say recreational boaters, including fishermen, should remain at least 300 feet away - the minimum federal distance.

A 7-foot great white that stranded itself on a Cape Cod beach yesterday, and now swims free thanks to some fast-thinking beach visitors.

Coast Guardsman, Tim Putnam, waded through freezing Michigan waters to rescue a labrador that slipped off the channel wall. The dog is expected to make a full recovery.

The American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) is hosting an Aquatic Invasive Species summit to engage stakeholders in a dialogue about prevention, inspection and the decontamination of boats.

An entrepreneurial Pacific Northwest company recently developed a new system for moving fish from Point A to Point B: A fish cannon. No, that's not a typo.

Although Florida instituted a first-of-its-kind ban on importing lionfish that went into effect Friday, the move could be too little, too late.

A legal crackdown on the lionfish began last week as state wildlife officials attempt to control the spread of these voracious invaders from the Indian and Pacific oceans.

In a video making the rounds last week, two people in a tandem kayak were lifted out of the water when a whale breached under their kayak - twice.