Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are ...

Florida has thousands of abandoned and neglected cemeteries, according to state estimates. In the spirit of Halloween, TCPalm ...

A harbour has been cleared of more than 100 abandoned and sunken boats after a long-running campaign. Some of the vessels in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, were inhabited by rough sleepers while others ...

For years, abandoned boats in St. Tammany Parish's waterways have created obstacles for other boaters and leaked hazardous material into wetland habitats. Now, the parish is embarking on a $1 million ...

ST. TAMMANY PARISH (WGNO) — A $1 million project will remove abandoned boats from St. Tammany waterways, according to St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, 16 sunken ...

Phil Hudspeth scanned the horizon from the cockpit of a patrol boat as it cruised down the Willamette River. He held a stack of large, orange stickers. “We’re out in the Multnomah Channel with the ...

More than 20 new state laws take effect today, ranging from increased criminal penalties for restraining and abandoning animals during natural disasters to a ban on the sale and use of license plate ...

A new Florida law, named 'Trooper's Law,' makes it a felony to abandon a restrained animal during a natural disaster and goes into effect Oct. 1. The law was inspired by a bull terrier, later renamed ...

An abandoned boat discovered at Lake Mead during drought conditions three years ago has been removed. The clean up was part of 20,000 pounds hauled away from the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, ...

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - An abandoned boat washed ashore on Sunny Isles Beach, prompting a swift response by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Hartwell Champagne's boat washed up on Cape Bedford Beach in Queensland, Australia, on Saturday, Sept. 13 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

Step aboard the abandoned Blue Horizon casino ship, a once-glamorous floating palace that launched in the 1990s as part of the SunCruz Casinos fleet. This “cruise to nowhere” sailed just off Florida’s ...