Audio recordings released by the Coast Guard capture the distress of a family who was rescued two days after their boat caught fire and sank, forcing them to swim to a private island.

Getting stuck on an island might be your dream — or your nightmare. On Block Island, 13 miles out to sea from the fishing village of Galilee, ferries leave almost every hour for the mainland each day during peak season.

A young humpback whale discovered stranded in shallow water off Holgate, New Jersey, has died after rescue crews determined the animal was too weak and injured to survive, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC).