Cruise ship denizens got a taste of the “Cast Away” life when they were stranded near the island that served as the setting for the 2000 Tom Hanks film. The MV Fiji Princess, a small luxury liner that ...

The risky, multiday mission to rescue two American airmen whose fighter jet was shot down, stranding them in Iranian territory, involved more than 150 aircraft, a close-range gunfight and a complex ...

A horse stranded in an overflowing creek in Marengo was rescued by first responders on Saturday morning following overnight storms. Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts officials said they were called ...

Cortland, N.Y. — A woman who ignored road closure signs and moved police barriers ended up stranded in deep floodwater Wednesday in Cortland County, according to State Police. Troopers responded to ...

BERLIN — A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days got stuck again on Tuesday, authorities said, less than a day after swimming free. But ...

The trailer for Renny Harlin's latest is chum in the water for shark movie enthusiasts. “Cliffhanger,” “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” and other meticulously crafted action films followed, but for those of ...

In an unexpected breakthrough, the 40-foot mammal was freed and swam to deeper water on Friday morning through a channel that rescuers had dug for it. By Jenny Gross Against the odds, a 40-foot ...

Rescue crews in northern Germany are working to save a humpback whale that has become stranded in shallow water off the Baltic Sea coast in Lübeck Bay, according to CNN affiliate RTL. The whale was ...

Beneath the neon lights of a laser-scanning microscope, newly classified species glow in vivid greens and oranges—a far cry from the pitch-black abyss of their natural ocean floor. Researchers have ...

Two climbers were rescued Smith Rock State Park on March 23 after becoming stranded overnight on a ledge 400 feet above the ground. The men, both in their late 20s and visiting from Salem and Eugene, ...

A handwritten “SOS” message in the sand helped save two stranded Hawaii visitors as flash floods swept across Oahu, where Coast Guard and Navy crews also rescued five people and a dog from a rooftop.

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