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US Navy seeks to raise allowed number of accidental whale collisions

The Navy requested a cap increase on the number of marine mammals it is allowed to unintentionally harm during Pacific training.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

18 months ago

Gonna need a bigger boat: what the Navy does when whales go rogue

While there has indeed been an uptick in Orca interference near Spanish and Portugese waters, they are exceedingly rare.

By Sarah Sicard

22 months ago

Navy conservation efforts help take 5 species off endangered list

The species have recovered after feral goats were removed from the island in the 1990's.

By Zamone Perez

2 years ago

Whales found dead under Australian Navy ship at Naval Base San Diego

The destroyer HMAS Sydney has been holding joint exercises with the U.S. Navy in the area since early April.

4 years ago

Want to tell the Navy what you think about future exercises in the Gulf of Alaska?

The sea service will start work on an environmental impact statement for Northern Edge training.

5 years ago

Navy range exempted from proposed orca protection measures

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a proposal Wednesday to increase the critical habitat designation for southern resident killer whales by more than sevenfold under the Endangered Species Act.

6 years ago