By Steve Millburg, Coastal Living Magazine These wet wonderlands sweep us away to the wild undersea world: National Aquarium in Baltimore, Md. Whale songs, fishy undersea murmurings, and atmospheric music bubble through hidden speakers. The sounds drift through pleasantly dim corridors that build anticipation by hiding what's just around the next curve. Could it be a giant multispecies tank? An intimate look at something surprising? At one of the small exhibits, a volunteer guide admits, "Sometimes you become attached to an animal here, and this is the one I'm attached to." She's referring to...
Researches study whale sharks off La. coast
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
NEW ORLEANS -- A commercial fishing boat captain who spotted dozens of the world's biggest fish off Louisiana's coast turned his boat into a research vessel for a week, taking scientists and photographers to look for...
Scientists forecast a large dead zone in Gulf
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
NEW ORLEANS - Based on the amount of nitrogen flowing down the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers, scientists predict this year's area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico will reach a size roughly the same as New Jersey....
Hennepin County Water Patrol: Volunteers of the waters
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
In 1955, Lake Minnetonka was a watery Wild West. Boats didn't have to be registered or have running lights, and faster boats and growing traffic led to accidents that resulted in 18 drowning deaths. Press accounts said...
Volunteers of the waters
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
In 1955, Lake Minnetonka was a watery Wild West. Boats didn't have to be registered or have running lights, and faster boats and growing traffic led to accidents that resulted in 18 drowning deaths. Press accounts said...
Odyssey's SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure Exhibit Sets Sail for Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
TAMPA, Fla., Jun 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMEX), pioneers in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration is pleased to announce its SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure exhibit...
Pyrotechnico's staff is preparing for Saturday's EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta show
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
15th Annual Oswego County Pro-Am Tourney set for July 11-12
Syracuse
Syracuse
Lake Ontario's top professional and amateur anglers will be vying for thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise prizes the weekend of July 11-12, when Oswego County's 15th annual Pro-Am Salmon and Trout Team...
This boat don't float
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Claire Boucher and William Gratz had their sights set on the southern reaches of the Mississippi River when they packed their chickens, a sewing machine and 20 pounds of potatoes into a houseboat they crafted from...
Georgia Aquarium gets 10 millionth visitor
The Business Review
The Business Review
The opened its doors to its 10 millionth guest on Thursday, setting a new attendance record for U.S. Aquariums. That noteworthy visitor was Atlanta resident Annette Kalber, who came to the aquarium with her mother, who...

