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An unusual number of seals are becoming stranded and dying off us-regions, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that samples from four Maine seals tested positive for the virus. The animals all died or required euthanasia, the National …

After months of persistence, a teenager in Illinois finally caught his first muskie.  On June 17, Kaiden Schrieber, 15, of the Chicago area, caught a wild-nature, or muskie, which is nicknamed “the fish of 10,000 casts” for how difficult it is to reel one in.  Kaiden, who has been fishing …

The federal government is shutting down fishing of a popular species of shark to try to give the animals a chance to recover from population decline. planet-earth shut down shortfin mako fishing on Tuesday. The big fish have long been prized by sport fishermen. They’re also popular with seafood fans, …