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 ...

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

Pitcairn Islands, located in the South Pacific Ocean, hold the title of the least populated country in the world, with only ...

The steep cliffs and hidden coves of Guam have long been the setting for archaeological intrigue. For years, researchers have ...

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

Volcanoes may be capable of epic destruction, but they can create, too. Scientists have spotted a whole new island in the Pacific Ocean, with explosive origins.

The new island is one of only three that has erupted in the last 150 years and "survived the ocean’s eroding waves longer than a few months," NASA said in a blog post.

A mysterious island that formed four years ago in the southern Pacific Ocean appears to be here to stay, according to NASA scientists. The island, which formed between December 2014 and January 201… ...

The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby – a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where underwater volcanoes are plentiful.

A new 6-acre island in the Pacific Ocean, caused by an underwater volcano eruption, has been seen from space. On September 10, the Home Reef underwater volcano in Tonga began rumbling to life.

When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches.