Video showed a humpback whale smashing into and capsizing a boat. Biologists say the whale was likely just feeding.

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Humpback whale breaching
The humpback whale that landed on a boat off of New Hampshire may have just been fishing.

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A 104-year-old has been a professional lobster woman since she was 8. She says the secret to her longevity is keeping busy.

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An older woman banding lobsters on a boat.
Virginia Oliver measures and bands lobsters on her son Max Oliver's boat.

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A media giant is suing scallop farmers for $870K, accusing them of damaging its underwater cable

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This isn't the first time Virgin Media has sued an Irish-registered fishing vessel.

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Orcas continue to stun scientists with their cunning, flipping and slapping prey with their tails

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A dolphin soars through the air as it falls prey to a killer whale near Big Sur, California.

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122 anglers had to be rescued from a Minnesota lake after becoming stranded on an ice floe after 'unseasonably warm weather'

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People fish on the frozen Gull Lake during the 2023 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza, Minnesota.
People fish on the frozen Gull Lake in Minnesota.

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Can coconut waste replace plastic-foam coolers?

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The Philippines is the second-largest producer of coconuts in the world. An estimated 9 billion husks are burned or left to rot here every year. Fortuna Cools makes coolers out of that waste instead of the commonly used expanded polystyrene foam, often incorrectly called styrofoam.

Cormorant fishing has been a tradition for over 1,300 years. Climate change might spell its end.

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Two men stand in a boat illuminated by fire. The man on the left has his arms raised, holding on to many different ropes connected to the necks of birds in front of the boat.
Youichiro Adachi, a cormorant fishing master known as an usho, holds leashes tied to the necks of cormorants as he prepares for cormorant fishing on the Nagara River in Oze, Seki, Japan.

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Whales swimming behind fishing vessels catch an easy feast of escaped fish, but experts warn this 'free meal' is risky, potentially lethal behavior

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Whales following a fishing trawler to catch escaped fish.
Whales follow behind the fishing vessel to catch fish that have escaped the fishermen's nets.

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Japan released treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the ocean. Experts say it's safe, but one would avoid the fish.

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A Tokyo Electric Power Co. employee wearing a protective suit and mask near storage water tanks.

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This is a 3D printed 'fish fillet.' Would you eat it?

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3-D printed grouper fish
The lab-made finger-length fillets could help solve environmental issues and alleviate overfishing problems.

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