The recent seizure of an oil tanker known as Skipper by the U.S. off the coast of Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation of ...

A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in Latin America has handed off command responsibilities as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration’s deadly strikes on alleged drug boats ...

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the ...

Years of underfunding and new grant delays may force cutbacks on coastal weather and ocean monitoring that fishermen, ...

Coast Guard has 4-step process for setting port conditions during hurricane or tropical storm, before closing a port.

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A powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea while they were in a popular seawater pool along the rocky, western coastline of the Spanish island of Tenerife, ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...

Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as a stunning Category 5 storm. But the U.S. was spared as the Federal Emergency ...

“The Sea Captain’s Wife” is a riveting tale about the journey of a clipper ship from New York to San Francisco in 1856. As ...