An expedition to a remote and tiny island this fall will attempt to locate Amelia Earhart's plane​ in the Pacific Ocean.

On the 88th anniversary of Amelia Earhart's disappearance, Purdue University announced a joint expedition to locate the ...

From creating the world’s largest Marine Protected Area to launching the biggest Indigenous-led marine reserve on earth, ...

New evidence from an ancient cave reveals that 3,500 years ago, the first Pacific islanders made a remarkable 2,300km voyage ...

The Pacific Islands were well represented at the conference, with the Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji, ...

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More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The domesticated rice was transported by the first islanders, who sailed 2,300 kilometres of open ocean from the Philippines ...

Pacific island nations are racing to enhance marine conservation, establishing sweeping “no-take” zones and pledging to ...

The Pacific Ocean’s seabed is rich in critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Yet deep-sea mining of these materials, which are used in many technologies, threatens the region. If mining goes ...