Students from across the country have been thinking about how they could help communities deal with natural disasters. It's the topic of this year's Shad enrichment program. Colin Cyr of Fredericton is participating in the program at Mount Allison, and Jackson Weir of Saint John is in Newfoundland at Memorial University.

A group of researchers with Natural Resources Canada have launched a helikite to fly with migrating spruce budworm moths near Rimouski, Quebec. Lead researcher Yan Boulanger says they're using it to fly into large clouds of the migrating insects to collect samples, and learn more about the destructive species.

An Icelandic whale watching crew came across a North Atlantic Right Whale. It's not unheard of to see the endangered species in the area. But it's rare. And Philip Hamilton, a research scientist with the New England Aquarium Center for Ocean Life, says this particular whale has roots in the Bay of Fundy.

A Fredericton man is looking for answers after his two small dogs died following a Sunday evening visit to a city park. Jeff Wilhelm says he and his girlfriend were taking their four dogs for a walk in Carleton Park on the city's northside. He says two of the dogs got very sick and died shortly after playing in the water.

Beef and dairy producers are hoping for some rain. Paul Gaunce owns Sugar Hill dairy farm in Passekeag, near Sussex. He says a cold and frosty spring, followed by dry weather has kept the grass from growing, leading to a shortage in hay.

There used to be another tourist attraction in the province, involving an optical illusion like Magnetic Hill, but with tartan tour guides. Heather Lyons is the manager of reference services and public programs at the provincial archives, and spent a lot of time researching the Mystery Crater.

Scientists have sent out underwater gliders to document the movement of right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The data could help save the endangered whales and provide a more accurate description of their food and environmental need, said Fred Whoriskey, executive director of the Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University.

A turquoise frog showed up in a Fredericton garden. Donald McAlpine, head of the zoology section at the New Brunswick Museum, says it's a Leopard Frog - a common widespread species, but one less frequently reported as blue or turquoise.

The Special Olympics summer games are in Antigonish this year, beginning on July 31st. Two of the people heading to the games are Jane McKeown, the program director of Special Olympics New Brunswick, and Lennie Porter of Oromocto. He is on the provincial basketball team.

The sandpipers are back in the province and our birder Alain Clavette has news about Johnson's Mills, one of the best places to see thousands of the shorebirds during their migration.