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Loved ones pay tribute to former championship swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands

Thursday, March 2 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As investigators in the U.S. Virgin Islands await results of an autopsy on former American championship swimmer Jamie Cail, who died after being found unresponsive at her home last month, friends and loved ones are paying tribute to her online, describing... Read More.

Death of former American swimming champion probed in Virgin Islands

Sunday, February 26 by ABC News

(ST JOHN, US Virgin Islands) -- The sudden death of former American swimming champion Jamie Cail is under investigation by authorities in the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said.The 42-year-old Cail was found unresponsive in a residence she shared with her boyfriend in St. John, the... Read More.

Previously extinct bird, gecko populations from the Galapagos Islands have reappeared

Thursday, December 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Two species that were previously extinct on the Galapagos Islands have reappeared a decade after an invasive predator population was eradicated, showing how impactful restoring and re-wilding ecosystems can be for addressing some of the world's environmental and biodiversity crises, according... Read More.

$1.4m Grant to Help Restore Coastal Habitat On A Newly Preserved Property On Whidbey Island’s Shore

Saturday, December 10 by Tristan Halsen

A 210-acre parcel of pristine Whidbey Island shoreline will be protected, restored and made accessible to the public thanks in part to a $1,422,500 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Coastal Resilience Fund grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), was... Read More.

Hundreds of whales beached on New Zealand islands

Thursday, October 13 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of pilot whales that beached on the Chatham Islands in the last week died of natural causes or were euthanized, according to New Zealand's Department of Conservation.Officials responded to two mass strandings of pilot whales. The first group of 240... Read More.

Four dead after tourist boat sinks near Galapagos Islands

Tuesday, September 27 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Four people have died and two are missing after a tourist boat sunk near the Galápagos Islands on Sunday night, Santa Cruz officials confirmed to ABC News.Officials said that 31 passengers were rescued and two are still missing.An American-Israeli citizen, a... Read More.

Snohomish County ‘Islands’

Thursday, April 14 by Ted Buehner

A big earthquake occurs. The shaker could involve a 7.0 magnitude quake from the shallow South Whidbey Island fault, or it could be from a 9.0 magnitude Cascadia Subduction Zone quake just off the Pacific Northwest coast. It could happen tomorrow, next week, next... Read More.

Jeffrey Epstein’s private US Virgin Islands locations up for sale

Wednesday, March 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The executors of the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have listed for sale the two private Caribbean islands the late financier owned off the east coast of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, an attorney for the estate told ABC... Read More.

Jeffrey Epstein estate nearing settlement with US Virgin Islands

Saturday, March 12 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Attorneys for the estate of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein told a judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands this week that they are "extraordinarily close" to resolving a civil case filed by the government of the island territory against the late financier's... Read More.

Stories tagged with: islands

Loved ones pay tribute to former championship swimmer found dead in US Virgin Islands

Death of former American swimming champion probed in Virgin Islands

Previously extinct bird, gecko populations from the Galapagos Islands have reappeared

$1.4m Grant to Help Restore Coastal Habitat On A Newly Preserved Property On Whidbey Island’s Shore

Hundreds of whales beached on New Zealand islands

Four dead after tourist boat sinks near Galapagos Islands

Snohomish County ‘Islands’

Jeffrey Epstein’s private US Virgin Islands locations up for sale

Jeffrey Epstein estate nearing settlement with US Virgin Islands

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