Sakonnet River Bell Buoy 2A bobs near Sakonnet Harbor in Little Compton. It's one of 38 buoys flagged by the U.S. Coast Guard for potential removal in order to modernize navigational aids. (Courtesy ...

Austin, Texas — Lawyers for the state of Texas on Tuesday defended the state's decision to install a floating barrier in the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico, one day after Gov. Greg Abbott ...

The 1,000-foot string of buoys that the state of Texas placed in the Rio Grande to deter migrants began as a Trump administration idea and may be a precursor of policies to come if Trump or another ...

FILE – A channel marker buoy floats in ice on the Delaware River in Philadelphia on an icy day in 2001. The U.S. Coast Guard wants to remove hundreds of buoys along the Northeast coastline to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of Cape Cod’s coastal buoys initially slated for removal in the US Coast Guard’s modernization plan have won a reprieve. The ...

The state of Texas went to court Tuesday to defend placing a string of buoys in the Rio Grande to deter people from crossing the river from Mexico, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledged moving ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - New buoys are being launched across the Charleston harbor to help monitor a local species and their movements. It’s a result of a new partnership between the Naval ...

Thanks for the "How Buoys work" posting. One thing that is not explained though, is how does the buoy differentiate the different swells in the water? For instance if you have a 4 foot 20 sec swell ...

The agency said a proposal to get rid of 350 navigational buoys from Maine to New Jersey made sense after decades of advancement in electronic navigation tools. The agency said a proposal to get rid ...

A proposal by the U.S. Coast Guard to scrap hundreds of buoys along the Northeast coastline, including dozens in Connecticut waters, is being met with outright skepticism by local harbormasters and ...