MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A buoy placed in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island recently has started detecting the sounds of whales, scientists said Thursday.

Vocalizations of endangered fin whales began being detected on July 4 and were still being detected on Thursday, according to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and Wildlife Conservation Society-New York Aquarium.

The organizations placed the buoy 22 miles south of Fire Island in late June....

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say more manatees have died in a Florida lagoon plagued by algae and pollution.

An Orlando Sentinel report (http://bit.ly/29BxJbW ) quotes Martine de Wit, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission veterinarian, as saying eight manatees have died in the Indian River Lagoon since May.

Over 150 manatees have died in Brevard County since 2012, when an algae bloom wiped out the sea...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A kayaker captured video of humpback whales feasting on fish in a bay with the San Francisco skyline as a backdrop.

Lyrinda Snyderman of Berkeley, California, says she was out with three other kayakers to circle nearby Angel Island on Sunday when the group spotted the whales.

The longtime kayaker said it was the first time she had seen such feeding behavior from humpbacks in that bay, and she was thrilled by it. She said the whales paid little...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A kayaker captured video of humpback whales feasting on fish in a bay with the San Francisco skyline as a backdrop.

Lyrinda Snyderman of Berkeley, California, says she was out with three other kayakers to circle nearby Angel Island on Sunday when the group spotted the whales.

The longtime kayaker said it was the first time she had seen such feeding behavior from humpbacks in that bay, and she was thrilled by it. She said the whales paid little...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine wildlife officials are looking for help researching the decline of bats in the state.

Biologists with the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife say white-nose syndrome has hit Maine's bat population hard, and some bat species have declined by as much as 98 percent.

The state is asking residents to report bat colonies to the Maine Bat Colony Identification Program via an online survey. They say the survey will help biologists...