BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. – When Paris Hoisington and her family found a message in a small bottle on the beach last month, it seemed the story had ended with the bottle’s 4,600-mile, eight-year journey.

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — A tiny bottle with a message inside traveled from Hawaii in ocean currents before being washed ashore in Bradenton Beach on Sunday and found by a girl visiting from Michigan.

A message in a bottle that was tossed off the Jersey Shore 54 years ago was found in the Bahamas. Amateur bottle message hunter Cliff Buffington was on vacation in the Bahamas when he spotted a Dr.

During this week’s Beachcombing survey, I came across not one, not two, but three messages in bottles washed up along the beach. That makes six bottles found in the past month and brings my total to ...

One day long ago, the Miss Belmar sailed out of the Shark River Inlet and went full speed ahead to the Hudson Canyon fishing grounds, 90 miles to the east and a long way from the Jersey Shore. It took ...

A message in a bottle thrown from a New Jersey fishing boat in 1971 was found 54 years later in the Bahamas. The note was discovered by Clint Buffington, a Utah man who has found nearly 150 messages ...

NASA’s Swift Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during two visits in July and August 2025. The panels show visible-light (left) and ultraviolet (right) images, ...

Eight-year-old Harrison Mizen from South Shields tossed a message in a bottle into the North Sea, and was astonished to receive a reply from Caribbean island St Lucia, 4,200 miles away. Former prime ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It is a sunny September day in East Tennessee as Erick Asturias cruises Douglas Lake in a pontoon boat. The TVA Civil Projects Supervisor has navigated these waters countless times ...

In April, Julie Watkins and Dug Turner were walking their dogs on Sandsend Beach, near their home in northern Scotland. As Julie was taking a short swim in the cold water, her longtime partner found ...

STONE HARBOR, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Doug Basile walks the beaches of Stone Harbor as part of his routine. He strolls along the shore and will pick up litter if he finds it to beautify the area.

Choreographed by Kate Prince, Message In A Bottle tells an imagined story of one displaced family in a universal tale of survival, hope, and love. A village alive with joyous celebrations is suddenly ...