Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts has taken a significant step toward addressing the environmental threat of abandoned fishing gear, commonly known as ...

Recreational fishing is a popular pastime in Australia’s inland rivers and streams. Unfortunately in the process, many people are unwittingly killing platypuses. The animals can become trapped in nets ...

Researchers in Hawaii say they are "surprised and sad" to find plastic items and other marine debris in the stomach of a 60-ton sperm whale that washed up on a reef in a park in Kauai. The whale ...

Archaeologists excavated 7,000-year-old wooden fish traps at Tesse lake for the first time after a hiker stumbled on the ruins, photos show. Photo from the Cultural History Museum Standing on the bank ...