About 2,000 birds were found dead on beaches in central Chile, a natural history museum director said Friday, accusing fishermen of snagging them in their nets and letting them drown.

New Rochelle, NY, December 8, 2011 -- Fecal contamination of public beaches caused by sewage overflow is both dangerous for swimmers and costly for state and local economies. Current methods to detect Escherichia coli , a bacterium highly indicative of the presence of fecal matter in water, typically require ...

Sea turtles face an uncertain future as a warming climate threatens to reduce their reproductive viability. However, new research led by the University of Exeter and published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that some turtles are naturally heat-tolerant. The study focused ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sea turtles face an uncertain future as a warming climate threatens to reduce their reproductive viability. However, new research led by the University of Exeter and published this week in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that some turtles are naturally heat-tolerant.

(University of Exeter) Research shows that some turtles are naturally heat-tolerant. The study focused on green turtles nesting on Ascension Island, a UK overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Groningen found that eggs laid by turtles nesting on a naturally hot beach ...

A new "Testing the Waters" report released by The Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC), this week stresses the dangers of swimming in contaminated beaches as the July 4th weekend is upon the nation. U.S. beaches were closed or under advisory for more than 24,000 days, a 29 percent increase ...

By Randy Dotinga and Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporters WEDNESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- As the summer gets into full swing, a new report Wednesday warns that water pollution can make a day at the beach no day at the beach. Last ...

New York: the city that never smokes.

(AP) -- Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter and many have died at rescue centers.

While most people head to Myrtle Beach for vacation, a group of scientists have been hitting the famous South Carolina beach for years to figure out how to keep the sand from washing away.Their work is a model for beach preservation that can apply elsewhere. With talk of "balancing the ...

NOAA and the National Science Foundation have awarded $824,225 in competitive funds for the first year of an anticipated four-year $2.8 million project to develop early warning forecast models for toxic harmful algal blooms, or HABs, on Pacific Northwest beaches. Funds were awarded to the University of Washington and ...

(AP) -- Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem.