Category: Nature

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So much for this year’s Great Ohio River Swim. The event, originally postponed to Saturday because of blue-green algae in the river, has now been canceled, according to event chairman Brewster Rhoads. “Given that recreational contact health advisories issued … in early September remain in effect, we do not want to take any chances that swimmers could become ill…

A free diver swam with a whale shark off of the San Diego coast. Emily Callahan is a graduate from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and says this is an extremely rare occurrence. Callahan said whale sharks are almost never documented in Southern California. See ABC10 News Watch this video on YouTube

Recently, Teressa Cee, a dancer for the Miami Heat basketball team, was visiting the Blue Lagoon Island resort in the Bahamas. While lounging on a floating platform, she asked a man to hold her phone for a moment. He accidentally dropped it into the water. That might have been the end, but a local dolphin…

A man who was free diving with spear fishermen off the South Australian coast was “swallowed whole” by a great white shark. During an inquest hearing into the death of 28-year-old teacher Sam Kellett, witnesses described the February 2014 shark attack that ended his life. “It made me turn around back out to sea and…

British fire and rescue crews responded after a farmer reported a cow was stuck in his swimming pool. Watch this video on YouTube

A drone camera has captured stunning footage of two huge whales as they swam alongside a paddle boarder in the crystal-clear ocean. Jaimen Hudson wasted no time in heading down to the beach with his drone after realising the magnificent creatures had been spotted off shore, close to his house in Esperance, Western Australia. Upon…

Rescued pup 696 can float from birth, but he still needs to learn to dive and glide in the water. So Aquarium caregivers take on a new role: swim coach! Courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Watch this video on YouTube

A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake shook Chile’s capital Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway and people to take refuge in the streets. Several strong aftershocks hit within minutes as tsunami alarms sounded in the nearby port of Valparaiso. There were no immediate reports on any injuries or damage, but communications were disrupted. https://youtu.be/KUZw086uX9k