A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in ...

Scientists have discovered PelV-1, a giant virus with an unprecedentedly long tail, in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. This virus infects Pelagodinium plankton and possesses a 2.3-micrometer tail, ...

HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after ...

Tropical Storm Henriette has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean with further strengthening ...

Coastal communities and beaches in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama had the highest levels of ...

A crew conducting deep-sea explorations off the coast of Japan was shocked to discover a new species of sea snail living at ...

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Erin has formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Henriette is strengthening ...

Sick sea stars are lethargic, lose their arms and disintegrate into gooey masses. More than 90% of sunflower sea stars were ...

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in ...

Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

The Pacific Plate (in blue) was formed at the junction of three tectonic plates — Farallon, Phoenix and Izanagi — that once sat under the massive ocean Panthalassa. | Credit: Fama Clamosa ...