whale watching

National
Environment
Health & Safety

Call it a comeback: A Lahaina whale-watching business returns after Maui wildfire

4:27am February 06, 2025

Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the entire business. A year and half later, they're finally back in the water.

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A deserted beach in Gorgona National Park, an island 21 miles off Colombia's Pacific coast.

World News

Colombia's Former Prison Island Gorgona Is Open For Tourists — And Snakes

9:00am December 08, 2019

by John Otis

Nature has taken over this onetime penal colony turned national park, surrounded by waters popular with divers for their sharks, rays and whales. A resort manager calls it a "mini-Galápagos."

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A minke whale breaks the surface near Boothbay Harbor in the Gulf of Maine on Aug. 10, 2018. Researchers say warming in the gulf is driving whales into waters farther north where fewer environmental protections exist.

National
Environment

The Gulf Of Maine Is Warming, And Its Whales Are Disappearing

3:41pm October 06, 2019

Waters off the coast of Maine are warming faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans. That's forcing whales northward in pursuit of prey, threatening some of their already dwindling populations.

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