Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...

Unlike other services, the U.S. Navy has a long tradition of tattoos. Learn about 19 popular nautical tattoo designs including what they mean and how a sailor earned the right to wear each symbol.

Using a database that tracks the health outcomes of twins, scientists have found more evidence that tattoo ink may be linked ...

Getting a tattoo is as a much of a rite of passage for military personnel as the ritualized — and oftentimes scalp-gouging — buzz cut at boot camp. And while barber shops have been a mainstay ...

Ships, anchors, swallows, mermaids, turtle shells and more memorialize special memories or career milestones asea, such as crossing the equator or eclipsing 5,000 nautical miles for the first time.

You get a certain tattoo when you cross the equator, or circumnavigate the world." Listen to the full story here: With files from On the Island. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices ...