MORE THAN 200 SHIPS MAKE UP AMERICA's LARGEST GHOST FLEET and THE MALLOWS BAY - POTOMAC NATURE PRESERVE - BIOBLITZ SEPTEMBER 9th

DAILY MAIL : SUNKEN GHOST FLEET 

In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated the area a national marine sanctuary.  All but one of the ships were built of wood.  Most were used in World War I.  As sediment built up, some of the sunken ships became places where trees and bushes took root.  A fresh water environment, both marine life and birds find a place called home.

Sept 9th - coming up, Mallows Bay is hosting a BioBlitz, so the public can volunteer to help identify the species that call Mallows Bay home.  Research on the ecology of the area is ongoing.

INFORMATION ON THE BIOBLITZ for Citizen Scientists

TWO YEAR OLD GREY WHALE LOST IN THE MEDITERRANEAN - RARE EVENT PROPELED BY CLIMATE CHANGE?

DAILY MAIL SCIENCE GREY WHALE LOST IN MEDITERRAINEAN 

Or is Wally just adventurous?

EXCERPTS: Biologists are working tirelessly to help relocate Wally over fears he cannot find the invertebrates that are his normal food source in the depths of the Pacific Ocean....

As ice disappears. passages open for marine animals to travel between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.

However, some marine animals like Wally, become confused and are taking the wrong route when it is time to migrate.

Wally is believed to have taken the Gibraltar Straight to the Mediterranean and followed the Moroccan coast before traveling across Italian shores and landing in France where Hansen and his team spotted him.

3,500 POUND QUEEN OF THE OCEAN SHARK TAGGED BY CANADIANS

DAILYMAIL : QUEEN OF THE OCEAN SHARK TAGGED BY CANADIAN SCIENTISTS 

She's 17 feet long.

Excerpt: 'She is a very old creature, a proper Queen of the Ocean and a matriarch, ' Fisher said. 'She has all the scars, healed wounds, and discolorations that tell a deep, rich story of her life going back years. ...' You feel different when you're standing beside a shark of that size compared to the ones in the 2,000 pound range.  You feel insignificant standing next to such an ancient animal.'

RARE BLUE EYED PINK GINGER ALBINO SEAL MAY BE REJECTED BY COLONY

DAILY MAIL : UGLY DUCKING SEAL - REJECTION -

He's "ginger" and proof of a rare genetics in seals.

EXCERPT:  Biologist Vladimir Burkanov says that so far this fur seal on Tyuleny Island - nicknamed The Ugly Ducking - has not become a total outcast,yet there are signs of it being slightly shunned.

"The pup looks well fed and was very active, so its mother clearly gave it plenty of milk," he said.

MAMA HUMPBACK FENDS OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO EAT HER CALF

DAILY MAIL - HUMPBACK WHALE MOTHER ENDS OFF A POD OF KILLER WHALES TRYING TO ATTACK HER CALF

Whales have whale enemies.  In this article by Charlotte Kapp for Daily Mail Australia, you'll see drone video of the way the Killer Whales, also called Orcas,  attempt to distract the Mama Humpback.  Unfortunately the baby whale was then killed by hunters....

Will you feel angry that men have killed it?