The whales are now headed north. In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which ...

This striking satellite image reveals a giant, near-perfect cloud circle that formed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean more than a decade ago. While this type of cloud is not uncommon, it is ...

Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing discoveries. A journalist, soccer fanatic and Shrewsbury Town fan, Will’s ...

Photos published by the U.S. Navy show the Nimitz was operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which is the U.S. Third Fleet's ...

Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea, they traveled one-fifth of the way around the world ...

An international team of researchers has now shown why this is the case and how the distant Southern Ocean determines precipitation on the Pacific coasts. The study was designed by Hanjun Kim from ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division (USACE POD) Commanding General, Brigadier General Joseph “Clete” Goetz II, completed his week-long tour of the USACE Japan Engineer District ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

In the western Indian Ocean, Mayotte, La Réunion, and the Scattered Islands are at the opening of the Mozambique Channel or near it. In the South Pacific, New Caledonia sits at the entry of the Coral ...

That curious question led scientists to connect oceanographic conditions in the northern Pacific Ocean to fish abundance in its deep twilight zone by measuring how successfully elephant seals ...

Here’s a look at some target territories that have little to no production, exports or role in the global economy.

This information helped ships map their routes ... natural climate fluctuations which start in the Pacific Ocean and have huge impacts on global weather patterns. Agencies in other countries ...