A foldable, self-propelled pontoon barge has played a key role in rescuing more than 6,000 stranded students and staff from a flood-hit region in southern China. The rapid-deployment vessel was used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After weeks of rescue efforts, a barge carrying an injured humpback whale stranded off the Baltic coast set sail this week to ...

Rescuers defy warnings as the stranded "Humpback Hope," also known in German media as Timmy, is carried by barge into the North Sea, racing against time to save her. A humpback whale that was stranded ...

The humpback whale, stuck for weeks in shallow waters off Germany, was towed to the North Sea in a barge. The story captivated the country. By Jenny Gross A humpback whale that was stranded for weeks ...