Everybody loves puffins! But in Vestmannaeyjabaer, a coastal Icelandic town, people adore them. Every year, residents of all ages come together to rescue the baby Atlantic puffins that get distracted by city lights and lose their way. (Smithsonian)
A scientist at the Royal BC Museum on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, has been studying the fossil remains of a 75-million-year-old turtle found in a river up the coast. A forthcoming paper will provide information about this turtle, which likely belongs to a new species. (Chek News)
Are you my mother? A baby whale spotted off the coast of Iceland would certainly like to know. In 2021, scientists were left scratching their heads after seeing a female killer whale swimming with an adopted—or abducted—young pilot whale. (The Guardian)
A one-story house built in 1976 has crumbled into the ocean off Rodanthe, North Carolina, marking the fourth home collapse in the community since 2022. The owners will be responsible for all cleanup. Rodanthe loses about four meters of beach annually to severe coastal erosion, and oceanfront houses in the region have been collapsing into the sea since 2020. (Washington Post, Business Insider)
In 2014, amateur divers recovered a silk dress from the wreckage of a merchant ship that sank around the year 1650 off the coast of Texel, an island in the Netherlands. The gown was almost perfectly preserved, and now the search is on for answers about its former owner. (New York Times) |