"Gulf of Thailand"

A 10-metre-long carcass of a Brydes whale that was found floating off Koh Talu Island in Prachuap Khiri Khan province has been retrieved from the sea and sent for examination.

Mae Thong Dee, a Bryde's whale who lives in the Gulf of Thailand, on Saturday gave birth to her third baby whale.

No commercial fishing will be allowed in the Gulf of Thailand until mid-June in a bid to rebuild resources, Mesak Pakdeekong, chief of the Fisheries Department, said on Monday.

The condition of corals in the lower Gulf of Thailand ranged from medium to perfect, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said on Saturday.

Bryde’s whales have made their seasonal return to the Gulf of Thailand off Phetchaburi, where they will again be amazing onlookers into December.

An exhausted dog found paddling 220 kilometres (135 miles) off the Thai coast is set for a new lease on life after an oil rig worker who rescued him promised to adopt the plucky pooch.

As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbours fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country's fast-eroding coastlines.

THE CHANCE of an imminent repeat tsunami in the Andaman Sea is remote, while the tsunami risk in the Gulf of Thailand is even smaller to nearly impossible, say leading seismologists in the wake of public tsunami fears triggered by the recent devastation in Indonesia.