More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...

Have you ever looked at a map and wondered why there are almost no direct flights or shipping routes between Australia and Chile, despite both countries being relatively close across the South Pacific ...

Only a tiny fraction of the deep ocean is explored, leaving 66% of Earth’s surface largely unseen. Researchers urge global, ...

This national park has 73 miles of Pacific Coast shoreline, a mysterious rainforest, and breathtaking mountain peaks.

That’s Powell’s City of Books in Portland – a bibliophile’s paradise so vast it requires a map, and yes, they actually provide one. The term “bookstore” feels woefully inadequate here, like calling ...

USS Blue Ridge, a U.S. Navy command and control ship, has visited four countries in the South Pacific since mid- April.

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

Ready to experience the Pacific Ocean while gliding across the water? These are the best places to kayak on California's ...

The IOOS system is made up of 11 regional associations that gathers maritime data that feed into the National Weather Service ...

In addition to the Carl Vinson, a second U.S. aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, was sent to the Middle East, where ...

Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region – it likely won’t be there. Yet the Indo-Pacific is now central to ...

There’s a good chance that road trip enthusiasts already know the magic of hitting the American highways and how each journey ...