Sea otters, or Enhydra lutris (their scientific name), have recently been spotted making kelp forests their new home. Sea ...

NASA spotted a circle of clouds over the Pacific Ocean, and the image is still breathtaking over 10 years later.

With curators from mainland Japan, Taiwan and Okinawa, the festival was anchored by works from those three regions, with the ...

Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...

With some of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones in the world, Pacific Island states are leveraging legal frameworks to advance ocean justice. This approach aims to ensure that historically ...

The Aquarium focuses on three main regions of the Pacific Ocean: The Tropical Pacific, the Southern California/Baja region, and the Northern Pacific. Each region is known for different animals and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one ...

Palms wafting in the ocean breeze. Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan named the Pacific Ocean for its peaceful seas (it helped that he arrived outside typhoon season in 1520).

Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area, with a rain storm on the horizon. Photo shows Shots fired in police chase: Tactical police officers, some rolling ...

Astonishingly, only 3% of this vast area has been explored by scientists. The Ocean Exploration Trust, committed to uncovering the mysteries of this underwater realm, broadcasts its findings live, ...

1. Where is Vanuatu? Vanuatu is an archipelago of about 80 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, between Fiji and Australia. It spans over 1,300 km but has a total land area of just 12,189 ...