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Australia: Cyclone Narelle Turns Skies Deep Red Over Western Australia’s Shark Bay

The sky over the Shark Bay area in Western Australia turned a deep red and orange on Friday, March 27, as powerful winds from Tropical Cyclone Narelle whipped up iron-rich dust, blanketing some areas in a crimson haze.

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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Satellite View of Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site - Australia

Handout satellite view, dated on November 26, 2025, shows the Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site. Shark Bay, located on the western coast of Australia, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its exceptional natural beauty, including unique marine biodiversity and one of the world's most extensive seagrass beds. The site is globally significant for its ecological processes, geological formations, and as a habitat for threatened species such as dugongs and green turtles. These fragile ecosystems are highly sensitive to changes in water quality, sea temperature, and coastal development. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 26 November 2025, shows the striking coastal and marine features of Shark Bay in high resolution. The contrasting colours reveal shallow sandbanks, seagrass meadows, and hypersaline basins, as well as the arid terrestrial surroundings near Denham. Photo by European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A loggerhead sea turtle named Yu swims with artificially produced fins at Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 12, 2014. The turtle was found in the sea south of Osaka Bay, with part of its fore fins believed to be bitten off by a shark.

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Stray whale shark named 'Tsurubei'

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows a young whale shark, thought to be 5 to 6 years old, swimming out into Tsuruga Bay, Fukui Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011. The shark has been nicknamed ''Tsurubei'' by the Tsuruga Tourism Association through public solicitation.

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Whale shark in Tsuruga Bay

TSURUGA, Japan - A whale shark strays into Tsuruga Bay in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011.

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Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Two girls looks into the mouth of a stuffed megamouth just completed at a laboratory in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on July 13. This rare shark, 4.2 meters long, was netted in Suruga Bay on the Pacific in the summer of 2003. It will be put on exhibition at Tokai University's Oceanology Museum in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from July 17 to August 31, 2004.

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WORLD OCEANS DAY-BEACH CLEANUP

(220608) -- CAPE TOWN, June 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man attends a beach cleanup to mark World Oceans Day at Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, on June 8, 2022. In the spirit of community and mutual love for the sea, local cafe Sirocco, the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), the SOSF Shark Education Center and The Beach Co-op on Wednesday jointly hosted the beach cleanup at the Kalk Bay Harbor in Cape Town. (Photo by Francisco Scarbar/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WORLD OCEANS DAY-BEACH CLEANUP

(220608) -- CAPE TOWN, June 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Locals attend a beach cleanup to mark World Oceans Day at Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, on June 8, 2022. In the spirit of community and mutual love for the sea, local cafe Sirocco, the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), the SOSF Shark Education Center and The Beach Co-op on Wednesday jointly hosted the beach cleanup at the Kalk Bay Harbor in Cape Town. (Photo by Francisco Scarbar/Xinhua)

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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-WORLD OCEANS DAY-BEACH CLEANUP

(220608) -- CAPE TOWN, June 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Locals attend a beach cleanup to mark World Oceans Day at Kalk Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, on June 8, 2022. In the spirit of community and mutual love for the sea, local cafe Sirocco, the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), the SOSF Shark Education Center and The Beach Co-op on Wednesday jointly hosted the beach cleanup at the Kalk Bay Harbor in Cape Town. (Photo by Francisco Scarbar/Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-LARGEST PLANT-DISCOVERY

(220603) -- CANBERRA, June 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Rachel Austin from the University of Western Australia on June 1, 2022 shows the Posidonia australis seagrass meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia. Australian researchers have discovered the world's largest plant off the country's west coast. In a study published on Wednesday, researchers from Flinders University in South Australia (SA) and the University of Western Australia (UWA) revealed they have discovered a seagrass stretching 180 km in Western Australia's Shark Bay. The researchers sought to understand the diversity of seagrass meadows in Shark Bay using genetic tools and were surprised to discover it was one vast organism of the Posidonia australis species. They estimate that it is at least 4,500 years old. (University of Western Australia/Handout via Xinhua)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-SHARK ATTACK-CLOSED BEACHES

(220217) -- SYDNEY, Feb. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 17, 2022 shows the view of Little Bay, where the shark attack took place, in Sydney, Australia. More than a dozen of popular surf beaches in Australia's Sydney were closed on Thursday, following the first fatal shark attack in the harbor city's waters in almost 60 years. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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Whale shark in Tsuruga Bay

TSURUGA, Japan - A whale shark strays into Tsuruga Bay in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Stray whale shark named 'Tsurubei'

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows a young whale shark, thought to be 5 to 6 years old, swimming out into Tsuruga Bay, Fukui Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2011. The shark has been nicknamed ''Tsurubei'' by the Tsuruga Tourism Association through public solicitation. (Kyodo)

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Stuffed megamouth to be put on exhibition

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Two girls looks into the mouth of a stuffed megamouth just completed at a laboratory in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, on July 13. This rare shark, 4.2 meters long, was netted in Suruga Bay on the Pacific in the summer of 2003. It will be put on exhibition at Tokai University's Oceanology Museum in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, from July 17 to August 31, 2004. (Kyodo)