It certainly isn't what you would expect from a place called Christmas Island. No snow, no elves, no Santa, in fact one of the few signs of Christmas are the island's famous red crabs. The island reportedly has 100 million of these who live on the forest floor and migrate this time of year to the water to spawn. The crabs are such a big deal that the island's tourism association has a crab update on it .Christmas Island has an estimated 100 million red crabs that migrate to the ocean to spawn.Christmas Island Tourism Association Christmas Island is part of Australia, even though it is 2,600...
Rip currents close Ocean City beaches, one swimmer missing. Hurricane Earl video, east coast threat
The Examiner
The Examiner
Geo Coral delivered
Offshore Shipping Online
Offshore Shipping Online
- | More On 26 August 2010 Fugro took delivery of the seismic survey vessel Geo...
Changes in Gulf sea turtle nest rescue announced
The State
The State
NEW ORLEANS - Baby sea turtles will now be allowed to hatch freely from coastal beach nests to return to the Gulf rather than being trucked as eggs to a distant warehouse for incubation and release far from the oil spill...
Plastics Piling Up In Atlantic Ocean
National Public Radio
National Public Radio
Tiny pieces of plastic are aggregating hundreds of miles...
Atwood Oceanics Makes Fortune's 'fastest-growing' List
The Street
The Street
Atwood Oceanics Inc. was named as the fastest growing company by Fortune magazine. The Houston-based offshore driller was founded in 1968 and has about 1,000 employees. Fortune...
As US tightens land borders, illegal immigrants look west for open crossings _ to the ocean
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
Mass. man falls into the ocean, dies
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
GLOUCESTER, Mass.-A 67-year-old Massachusetts man is dead after falling into the ocean while apparently...
Tight borders draw immigrant smugglers to seas
San Fransisco Chronicle
San Fransisco Chronicle
0 0 (08-27) 04:00 PDT SAN DIEGO -- The speedboat is about 3 miles offshore when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent cuts the engine to drift on the current in quiet darkness, hoping for the telltale signs of...

