Several fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans whose ship had sunk after striking several rocks.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— The Puerto Rico Planning Board has formally objected to the federal government’s plan to dispose of millions of cubic yards of dredge waste in five ocean sites around Puerto ...

Oregon and Washington in the Pacific Ocean. Puerto Rico, Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands host the most important nesting beaches for leatherback sea turtles under U.S. jurisdiction. Species with ...

Four men were rescued after their boat sank north of the Dominican Republic and taken to Jacksonville, the Coast guard said ...

It plays on the fact that there is a massive garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean, a well-known environmental concern — not by everybody — by suggesting that Puerto Rico, a US Territory ...

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