The Cook Islands—population 15,000—are being courted by the two superpowers as they hunt for more rare earths, and could ...

At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the crew pulled up the gangplank and took in the mooring lines, and soon the Araon was steaming out ...

The fundamental concept behind the new frigate is sound, and the Navy’s goal of having the first one built in three years may ...

Alabama researchers will track sound changes as the 990-foot vessel transforms into an artificial reef off Florida's coast ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers show how vessel-tracking data mirrored tuna roaming beyond their typical territory due to unusually ...

For more than three decades, a single orange-hulled icebreaker carried much of the United States’ scientific ambition into ...

SYDNEY >> Five Chinese research vessels, including ships used for space and missile tracking and underwater mapping, were active in the northwest Pacific last month, as the United States stepped up ...

On board the Polarstern research vessel, an international group of young scientists will immerse in the fascinating world of marine research. They are not only learning the basic methods of ...

Great things come to those who wait – unless they never really do. The future for the boldest naval project ever, which also happens to be the world's biggest and probably most expensive megayacht ...

On Sept. 10, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced that the agency is terminating the lease for Nathaniel B. Palmer Icebreaker, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. This ...

The Coast Guard reported late Wednesday that it had detected and monitored two Chinese research vessels this week operating 200 miles off the Arctic coast of Alaska. On Sunday, the Coast Guard located ...