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The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River overnight has an impact on the Port of Baltimore.

President Joe Biden is pledging federal support in wake of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

A container ship lost power early Tuesday, crashing into Baltimore's historic Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to snap and plug into the river below.

A necropsy conducted on the gray whale suggests it died from a ship strike. Click to read more. Ship strikes are some of the main causes of anthropogenic deaths affecting whales and other marine animals in the United States, as well as in other parts of the world.

Able to go about your daily business. but in addition to that, there is something called temporary temporal shifts in hearing. that is temporary deafness. you will not hear much about that, but obviously if you are whale and you exist in the wate past a few meters where it is dark, you require the ability t hear for everything. as a result, if it is because the temporary deaf whale winds up becoming deaf and then surfaces because they are disoriented and then they get hit by a boat, then its a s...

Whales. so, thats just one theory. very quickly, is the same thing happening in virginia? why are those whales getting stranded? >> again, when they do the necropsys of the whales, at least the ones ive looked at, a number of these whales had those necropsys. and a necropsy is an autopsy for an animal. were seeing that these animals have been impacted by usually by a ship strike. thats not to say that there could be some sort of detrimental factor coming from some sort of radar being delivered b...

But as for a sedentary wind farm, once it is established, not including the technology thats -- there, i dont see how that would impact the survival of a whale. >> i hear you. but also if there is evidence of a ship strike, and that is different than the sonar being used for a wind farm. but it sounds like we just have to investigate more, because it is horrible whats happening and how many there are. jeff corwin, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> we now know the winner...

Several incidents of washed up whale carcass were reported along the New Jersey coastline, possibly due to vessel strikes or floating offshore wind farms. Click to read more.

Dr. frederick toro and his team are determined to identify the killer. [ speaking non-english ] >> it may have died of natural causes, but theres no shortage of other likely suspects, fishing nets, a ship strike, pollution. the team confirms that the victim is male. tragically, only 4 years old. blue whales can live to be 100. had he survived, he might have

NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service is reviewing its seasonal East Coast speed limits for protection of the North Atlantic right whale, but n...