The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday ... You can find Cal Fire’s latest online map here. You can enter your address by clicking on the magnifying ...

Scientists have found a chain of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, which are situated in the sea between French Polynesia and American Samoa — a beautiful forgotten territory of the United ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 11.

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water as a surge of hazardous ocean ...

A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...

With the help of DNA testing, the remains were identified as Deborah Mitchell Cordier, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A 3.2-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean shook the Los Angeles area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 11-mile deep quake hit 22 miles ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological ...

Sequencing solutions provider Pacific Biosciences of California (NASDAQ:PACB) announced on Thursday the appointment of Jim Gibson to the post of CFO, effective March 31. Gibson joins from Sequoia ...