Flesh-eating fish pedicure is fin-tastic!

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:15:46 -0700

PADDLING my feet in a tank full of 200 fish so they can remove the dead skin - knowing how unbearable I find them being tickled out of water - was not something I expected to do.

The marine world in stamps

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:24:09 -0700

A goldfish in the three-dimensional stamp is lifelike. Photo courtesy: Sin Chew Daily. The draft of a fish to be used for the design of stamps is like an artistic painting. Photo courtesy: Sin Chew Daily.

Fish report: Salmon and trout biting in Great Lakes

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:53 -0700

LANSING -- Anglers are still catching trout and salmon in the Great Lakes as well as walleye, bass, pike and panfish in the rivers and inland lakes, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment said in its weekly fishing report.

Cleanup of Mich. river oil spill will take months

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:28 -0700

Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer.

Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:57:45 -0700

Volunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained.