Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi ruled Monday that a federal plan to rebuild the Pacific’s sardine population was not properly implemented.

Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi ruled Monday that a federal plan to rebuild the Pacific’s sardine population was not properly implemented.

A dead humpback whale washed ashore Thursday morning in Long Beach Township, New Jersey, in the first such incident this year, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

A dead humpback whale washed ashore Thursday morning in Long Beach Township, New Jersey, in the first such incident this year, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

The U.S. government is reconsidering a legal challenge against an expedition to the Titanic, which it filed citing a law that treats the shipwreck as a gravesite.

Last week, an oil sheen was spotted off the coast of Huntington Beach, California. Officials say that the cause of the sheen was possibly from natural causes.

Last week, an oil sheen was spotted off the coast of Huntington Beach, California. Officials say that the cause of the sheen was possibly from natural causes.

Wildlife officials and scientists in Venice, Florida, were working to help a 70-foot sperm whale that was stranded on a sandbar about 50 yards from shore.

Wildlife officials and scientists in Venice, Florida, were working to help a 70-foot sperm whale that was stranded on a sandbar about 50 yards from shore.

The first baby North Atlantic right whale of the year has been found dead from a ship collision. Environmental groups demand protections for the whales, of which fewer than 360 remain.

The first baby North Atlantic right whale of the year has been found dead from a ship collision. Environmental groups demand protections for the whales, of which fewer than 360 remain.

Two men aboard a 19-foot sailing vessel were rescued Monday after a lightning strike made a hole in their boat and they began taking on water.

Two men aboard a 19-foot sailing vessel were rescued Monday after a lightning strike made a hole in their boat and they began taking on water.

Scientists are worried that toxic chemicals and debris from the summer’s wildfire in Lahaina, HI, could adversely affect delicate coral reef ecosystems nearby.

Scientists are worried that toxic chemicals and debris from the summer’s wildfire in Lahaina, HI, could adversely affect delicate coral reef ecosystems nearby.

The Coast Guard has launched a program to alert vessels of whale sightings in Washington state’s Salish Sea in an effort to keep the whales safe from boat strikes and noise.

A tour boat and private vessel collided off the shores of PortMiami Sunday, sending 13 people to the hospital. The crash is under investigation, officials said.

Conservation efforts have helped the population of sea otters begin to recover, and studies show that their returned presence to California marshland has slowed erosion there.