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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.
Navy chaplain’s ‘Lead Like Jesus’ message roils command staffs
Did chaps cross the line dividing church from state at the Navy base?
By Carl Prine
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.
Flying into hurricanes: From the Navy to NOAA
Meet one of the elite Hurricane Hunters.
By David Lauderdale, The Island Packet
‘Ghost Fleet’ cemetery now a national sanctuary
Mallows Bay is known for its "Ghost Fleet," including partly submerged remains of more than 100 wooden steamships that were built in response to threats from World War I-era German U-boats.
Lummi Tribe’s efforts to save orcas include ending Navy tests
The tribe says it will measure the sea’s health by the number of salmon using 1985 levels as a baseline.
Coast Guard helps biologists perform necropsy on second dead gray whale
Nearly 60 gray whales have been reported dead from Mexico to Alaska. Many were skinny and malnourished.
To save the whales, more commercial vessels slowing down
The National Marine Fisheries Service has determined that the No. 1 human-caused death of blue whales is ship strikes.
Coast Guard: Oil sheen ‘barely visible’ at site of 14-year-old leak
More than 30,000 gallons of oil have been recovered since the system began operating, government attorneys say.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
In our Wi-Fi world, the internet still depends on undersea cables
NATO continues to warn about Russian subs that have increased their activity around vital undersea data cables in the North Atlantic, a move officials view with alarm. But most cables are put at risk by boat anchors and fishing.
By Nicole Starosielski, New York University
This famous Navy warship sank on New Year’s Eve
"Our little vessel was lost, and we, in months gone by, had learned to love her, felt a strange pang go through us as we remembered that never more might we tread her deck, or gather in her little cabin at evening."
By Olav Thulesius, Civil War Times Magazine