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With salmon fishing barred off the California coast for two years, fishermen have been running historic boat tours, party ...

Smitty," now spends time on the seas with aspiring whale watchers, or scattering the ashes of the deceased — whatever it takes to stay afloat since salmon fishing was barred in California two years ...

Jamie O’Neill, owner of Seattle-based Dock Street Brokers, said many of California’s commercial salmon fishermen are getting out of the business, selling their permits or simply letting them expire.

With Oklahomans still reeling from deadly wildfires that whipped across the state and destroyed hundreds of homes in recent ...

Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to the collection of ...

Sure there are caskets and cremation, but did you know about composting and green burials? Here's a primer, because it never hurts to plan ahead ...