A stretch of ocean off the coast of Cape Cod more than four times the size of Rhode Island has become the first U.S. marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean. President Barack Obama formally ...

Coming on the heels of his expansion of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument surrounding Hawaii, President Obama just increased the amount of federal waters under strong protection ...

President Obama created the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument Thursday, saying that the new protected area was a needed response to dangerous climate changes, ocean dead zones and ...

A new marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean aims to protect one of the most biodiverse spots on the planet from overfishing. Located 130 miles off Cape Cod, the area spans more than 3 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - New England fishermen who opposed President Barack Obama’s creation of the Atlantic Ocean’s first marine national monument are now hopeful President-elect Donald Trump will ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it will not consider a fishing group’s attempt to challenge the creation of a large federally protected area in the Atlantic Ocean. Th… ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of commercial fishing groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge the creation of a national monument off the coast of New England. President Barack Obama ...

The 13,000-square-kilometre Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is necessary to fight climate change, the U.S. president says.