A team of scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) and partner organizations has set sail for a three-week (March 15 -April 3) expedition aboard theNOAA ShipNancy ...

Two story maps produced by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science highlighting how NCCOS science connects oceans, coasts, and people were featured in a recent blog post by Esri ...

A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some of the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, ...

In recognition of his contributions to NCCOS coral reef research,University of Puerto Rico scientist Dr. Francisco E. Pagán will have a new species of sediment-dwelling crustacean named in his honor ...

On Nov. 18, a Puerto Rico man pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Lacey Act for selling meat and carapaces from threatened and endangered sea turtles in 2009 ...

On July 8-19, scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center joined researchers from the National Park Service, the University of the Virgin ...

Scientists from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, with support from the Coral Reef Conservation Program, traveled to the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico in July to team up ...

National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) personnel participated in the first meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of a new University of Miami School of Medicine research program exploring ...

Scientists at the Caribbean Coral Reef Institute at the University of Puerto Rico identified locations and size of reef fish spawning aggregations by the sounds they make. The success of ...

NOAA-funded research in the Caribbean is using the underwater sounds of reef fish, such as groupers, to identify areas where they gather to spawn - a behavior that makes the ...