A massive landmass called Zealandia was submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, and geologists took up the task to map the unknown region.

The governments of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have announced their commitment to create a massive multinational Melanesian Ocean Reserve. If implemented as envisioned, the reserve would become ...

Zealandia sits in the Southern Hemisphere and is around 5 million square kilometers (1.9 million square miles) big, but 95 ...

Russia's Pacific Fleet is mobilizing up to 40 vessels, more than 30 aircraft and helicopters, over 5,000 personnel for an ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so ...

As the 2025 hurricane season looms, the National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a tropical wave. Here's what to know.

Over the past years, following the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution, shared benefits, and win-win results, China has actively supported the island countries implementing the ...

It begins with looking from an enemy’s perspective and then seeing where you are and how you might array your capabilities,” Gen. Xavier Brunson said.

Increasing economic ties between the Cook Islands and China represent a pivotal shift in regional geopolitics with implications for Australia and New Zealand’s influence in the South Pacific ... in ...

Map of the south-west Pacific Ocean [Photo ... the British Empire and New Zealand imperialism. Cook Island soldiers mobilised during World War I, exact date unknown. [Photo: Te Papa Tongarewa ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — China and the South Pacific nation of the Cook ... the agreement is deep-sea mining. The Cook Islands has one of the world’s big exclusive economic zones, covering ...