Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, the tides were back to normal after the hurricane in the Gulf, making for better access to the beaches. Among the ...

A large raft of pumice is beginning to arrive in Australia after floating across the Southwest Pacific for a year. The field of pumice -- which is roughly twice the size of Manhattan -- is comprised ...

Midway on its 800-kilometer (500-mile) voyage from Auckland to Raoul Island, New Zealand, the HMNZS Canterbury received an intriguing report: a maritime patrol aircraft had spotted a vast area of open ...

This week, the tides were back to normal after the hurricane in the Gulf, making for better access to the beaches. Among the beachcombing finds were sand dollars, sargassum and pumice stone. Pumice, a ...