coastlines and beaches

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat an...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California commission was overreaching when it banned the breeding of captive killer whales at a $100 million planned exhibit at Sa...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An unusual warming in the Pacific Ocean may be having disastrous consequences for the majestic whales that use the waters of...

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradi...

A poisonous substance linked to a massive algae bloom off the West Coast has prompted officials to halt recreational shellfishing from Washington to C...

ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois police officer whose fatal shooting triggered a large manhunt carefully staged his death to make it ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — SeaWorld wants to greatly expand the tanks it uses to hold killer whales in San Diego, but animal rights activists fear the ...

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bah...

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin strengthened into a Category 4 storm on Thursday as it roared through lightly populated islands of the easter...

CAMERON, La. (AP) — Vacant slabs, weed-choked lots and solitary stairs to nowhere permeate this tiny town in southwest Louisiana. All that remains of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — PBS is bringing a live whale watch into the nation's living rooms — and throwing in some seals, sea otters, dolphins and pelicans. For...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is approaching the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a mammoth storm that caused the levees protecting the city to...

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) — This 500-year-old city smells of fresh paint and varnish. Residents stroll along a recently completed harbor promenade under gle...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Coast Guard spokesman said Wednesday the search for two teen boaters who went missing off the coast of Florida is ongoi...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than five years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history fouled beaches, coated seabirds in thick goo and threatened...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Eight people are in custody in Tunisia, suspected of having direct links to a deadly beach attack that killed 38 people, but fou...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP and five Gulf states announced a record $18.7 billion settlement Thursday that resolves years of legal fighting over the environ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Gamal Takaway has turned up the hustle, to no avail. The popular waiter who goes by the nickname Jimmy often steps out into the ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The young college student that murdered 38 tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort was in a jihadi training camp in western Libya ...

BAHIA DE COHANA, Bolivia (AP) — Gulls swept down to feast on hundreds of dead and dying giant frogs floating in the rancid waters along a southeastern...