Every year, vast stretches of land across every inhabited continent are swallowed by floodwaters. Rivers burst their banks, plains disappear under shallow lakes, and forests become mazes of submerged ...

Enormous volumes of mysterious blue creatures known as Velella velella, like these at Santa Claus Beach in Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, have been washing up all along the California coast, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been an unusual year along California's shoreline, from a rise in white shark encounters to elephant seal pups falling ill ...

It’s been an unusual year along California’s shoreline, from a rise in white shark encounters to elephant seal pups falling ill with avian flu. Now, neon‑blue “by‑the‑wind sailors” are washing up by ...