WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic hurricane season is off to yet another early start, but U.S. weather officials say it should be a near normal year.
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii and the Central Pacific could experience more storms than normal during this year's hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted...
The amount of gear the East Coast lobster fishery puts in the water must be reduced in order to protect a dwindling species of large whale, a federal government team recommended Friday.
MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Michael being upgraded to a Category 5 storm (all times local):
11:55 a.m.
The mayor of the Florida city that was ground zero for Hurricane Michael...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — As soon as she walked up to the whale, Kate Savage could tell how it died.
There were three deep, long parallel slices just in front of the sperm whale's dorsal fin....
SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials are supporting a decadeslong request by a Native American tribe in Washington state to resume what would be the only authorized whale hunts in the mainland U.S., a...
In a story March 21 about the U.S. flooding outlook, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a weather forecaster. He is Kevin Low, not Lao.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the spring flood threat in the U.S. (all times local):
12:05 p.m.
U.S. weather experts say the stage is set for unprecedented major flooding this spring...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is drenched and its mountains are piled high with snow amid a still-unfolding winter of storms that was unimaginable just a few months ago.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rescuers who respond to distressed whales and other marine animals say the federal government shutdown is making it more difficult to do their work.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. commercial fishing generated more than $144 billion in sales in 2016, buoyed by growth in key species such as sea scallops and American lobsters, the federal government reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the government agency that monitors climate change says that in nearly two years he has never discussed the issue with President Donald Trump.
Acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Adm. Timothy Gallaudet said in a press conference at a scientific meeting this week, "I personally have not briefed the president on climate change."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earth's polar regions at times they don't expect, like winter, and in places they don't expect, like eastern Antarctica.
HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on meetings among U.S. officials and researchers about a decline in humpback whale sightings in Hawaii (all times local):
1:15 p.m.
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hope meetings about a decline in humpback whale sightings in Hawaii will help them to form a plan and get future funding.