 Puffins, one of the oddest, most charming and hardest to see birds to see in the United States, but it’s getting easier because their numbers on Eastern Egg Rock, a southern Maine island hit a record 148 pairs in 2014. Warming water temperature threatened the efforts of Project Puffin to bring the cartoonish seabird back to its lost colonies. Keep reading Puffins near Portland  Spinner sharks launch themselves out of the water while feeding on schools of small fish. See them jump and spin among surfers. Keep reading Go see sharks jump and spin off Palm Beach  Crowds wondered why the dolphin, who wandered into an industrial superfund site, was left to die, thrashing in shallow water. Keep reading Dolphin dies in Gowanus Canal despite Brooklynites cheering it on  SeaWorld IPO documents show a company deep in debt and reveal some interesting stats about how they do business. Keep reading SeaWorld selling stock: don’t mind the debt, trainer deaths, dolphin trade  Cape Cod revels in its shark attack. You’ll see all kinds of shark souvenirs and you can try to see one on a boat tour to see seals (what the sharks are after). Keep reading Cape Cod loves its seals–and now sharks, too  James Cameron found nothing more than shrimp on his dive to the Mariana Trench. Richard Branson hopes to see more when he visits the deepest spot in the Atlantic this year. Keep reading Explorers hope for less boring critters on upcoming seafloor trench dives  January is slow season for beach tourists, but busy for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to get calls for beached seals. Keep reading Atlantic City seal hospital gears up for busy season  By calling manta rays a vulnerable species, scientists hope to stop or at least track the market in its gills. Used in Chinese medicine, the ray population is down 30% in 10 years. Keep reading Manta rays get some protection from fishermen hunting their gills  Kabukiri Wetlands, where farmers flood their fields to serve migrating ducks and swans, hopes birders will return to the area about 100 miles from the nuclear disaster. Keep reading Japan’s Kabukiri Wetlands, a Ramsar site, hopes birders return  The women who care for wildlife around Houston have professionalized the group, which treats mockingbirds, armadillos, pelicans, sea turtles and anything covered in oil. Keep reading Houston organizes rehabbers in Wildlife Center of Texas |
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