A group of researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil) have analysed Rio Grande Rise (RGR), a possible continental plateau basalt - the result of a giant volcanic eruption that covers ...

Nationals leader David Littleproud says if the Coalition wins office, it will urge Pacific nations to take a "more aggressive ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by ...

A round-up of news from around the region, including an arrest for attempted murder after a hiking incident in Hawai'i.

Scientists have shared footage from a rare sighting of a bluntnose sixgill shark spotted near the Phoenix Islands in the ...

Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the ...

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

The presence of iguanas in Fiji has puzzled scientists for years. Unlike other Pacific islands, Fiji is home to two unique ...

The Space Force wants to use the site to test the Rocket Cargo Vanguard program, which aims to expedite the movement of military cargo around the globe by deploying large commercial rockets.

They’re uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a ...