A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the 7.0 magnitude quake struck roughly ...

The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America and the Atlantic Ocean is to the north and east. South America contains twelve countries ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

The joint U.S.-French-Japanese exercises mark the first time that a French Navy aircraft carrier operated in the Pacific Ocean in nearly ... Clemenceau sent to the South Pacific to take part ...

a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away. They thought maybe they scurried there through ...

While destinations on the South American Pacific rim, Mexico ... The inauguration of a container ocean line to South America, connecting with Colombia and Ecuador among others, marks a significant ...

South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America and the Atlantic Ocean is to the north and east. The continent contains twelve ...