The woman who found the bottle is looking for help finding its sender.
Oceans
A beluga from the Beaufort Sea has traveled unusually far south, to Washington State
NOAA Fisheries says the whale appears to have swum thousands of miles south from Arctic waters.
Scientists have documented an increase in harmful algal blooms in northern waters
In the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas, there is a growing presence of Alexandrium cysts, an algal bloom that creates harmful saxitoxin.
Scientists are still following whales that swam through the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Other populations of killer whales are doing well, but two pods that swam through the spill are not.
Marine debris is washing up again on Bering Strait shores
An “off-the-shelf” look implies the trash was dumped recently and close to the shore.
Climate change is causing problems for puffins
Maine’s population of rare Atlantic puffins took a hit this year, as the number of chicks to survive a tough summer plummeted.