Jan 6th, 2009 · Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President Bush as national monuments. The preserves will be protected from oil and gas extraction and commercial fishing in what will be the largest marine conservation effort in history.
Jan 5th, 2009 · President Bush plans to designate three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments. The move will mark the largest marine conservation effort in history.
Jan 4th, 2009 · U.S. Marines are trying a new tactic in Fallujah: cattle. They're providing dairy cows to 50 women widowed in the past few years of fighting. The hope is that the cows will provide a steady source of income for the women. Marine Maj. Meredith Brown and State Department worker Jennifer Vitela talk to host Guy Raz about the project.
Dec 25th, 2008 · This Christmas, there are roughly 175,000 U.S. troops serving overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. Renee Montagne talks with Marines at Al Asad Air Base in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar to see how they are spending Christmas.
Nov 21st, 2008 · From the bottom of the sea to the bottom of the globe, scientists are looking for life in Earth's most extreme environments. A marine scientist on the R/V Atlantis and a microbiologist studying life in Antarctica recount their adventures, and what their research has in common.
Nov 10th, 2008 · More than 2,000 scientists in 82 countries are working on a census of marine life. The study will document all the sea's creatures.
Oct 18th, 2008 · Retired Marine Col. Timothy Geraghty was in Beirut at the time of the 1983 suicide bombing that killed 220 Marines and 21 other U.S. service members. He believes that attack started a series of truck bombings, which became a favorite tactic of terrorists.
Oct 17th, 2008 · A former U.S. Marine and his Iraqi wife, who met when she worked as a translator in Fallujah, are struggling to adjust to married life and raise a family in America. And their future is anything but certain.