Unexpected Cetacean Spectator in Olympic Surfing Competition in Tahiti

Most of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games have been held in Paris. The surfing competition, however, took place some 9,800 miles from Paris in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti.  NPR reports that while Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb and Costa Rica’s … Continue reading

Where Cruise Ships Are No Longer Welcome — Amsterdam Latest Port to Impose Ban

Have cruise ships worn out their welcome? Increasingly, port cities around the world are banning or regulating cruise ship dockings and operations in their coastal waters. Amsterdam has become only the most recent to do so. The BBC reports that … Continue reading