A new giant virus with “unusual” features – including an unprecedentedly long tail – has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean. At 2.3 micrometers long – that’s 0.00023 centimeters – it may not be huge ...

According to National Geographic, the Ring of Fire is a string of volcanoes and sites of seismic activity, like earthquakes, ...

Scientists have long studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents. But those native to areas known as cold seeps — ...

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

Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

Aug. 12, began with participation of navies from Japan, UK, US, Australia, Spain, and Norway to realize 'Free and Open ...

A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...

The National Hurricane Center gives the latest update on Hurricane Iona and says it is "rapidly weakening" to the south of ...

Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward for the next couple of days and stay far south of the Hawaiian Islands, ...

Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...

Two tropical cyclones were swirling across the ocean southeast of Hawaii after developing on Monday but were not expected to ...