MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Unexplained mass fish deaths in a Black Sea village have residents worried about the safety of their water supply and calling on officials to solve the mystery.  Read more.

A Windsor resident talks about the millions of dead fish and dozens of dead ducks that have washed ashore Little River, near Riverside Drive. “It’s going to take a long time … for the smell to go away.”  Read more.

The deaths of thousands of fish over the past week in the Whangamarino wetland have been caused by very low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water, The Department of Conservation [DOC] says. Department spokesperson Kevin Hutchinson said numerous reports had come in from concerned residents and wetland users about the deaths, numbering possibly in the hundreds of thousands. While most are pests such as koi carp and catfish, native species mullet, bullies and eels have also been found dead.  Read more.

A Toronto museum is investigating the sudden death of thousands of bees in a glass-enclosed beehive exhibit.  Officials at the Royal Ontario Museum said 20,000 bees in a biodiversity exhibit had died within two days last week, though they had appeared healthy.  Read more.

About 200 of the birds fell from the trees and died near Rotorua Central Mall, and another 200 were found dead near a skatepark a short distance away on Ranolf St.  Read more.

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC-TV) – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is trying to figure out what caused the death of hundreds of birds in south Lake Charles.  Read more.

At least 14 whales from a pod of more than 80 beached on the New Zealand coast have died, with officials fearing others may be stranded elsewhere after freeing themselves on Saturday.  Read more.

OZARK – Another freshwater drum kill has been reported on the Arkansas River near Ozark Lock and Dam. The most recent fish kill was reported Jan. 28.  Read more.

PEA ISLAND, N.C. For the second time in three weeks, reports of a large fish kill off the Outer Banks coastline are drawing attention to controversial commercial fishing practices and the regulations that govern the industry.  Read more.

SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Biologists say they believe a lack of oxygen is what caused thousands of fish to die at Sebastian Inlet State Park. Friday, February 4, 2011.  Read more.