An Ohio woman will look to make history by rowing across the ocean later this year.

A new subspecies of common bottlenose dolphin found only in the tropical regions of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been identified by researchers. An analysis of several specimens conducted by Ana ...

A dedicated athlete and U.S. Coast Guard veteran, Spotz doesn't stray from a challenge. But her tests of endurance aren't simply for her to add her name to record books.

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The blob is back, and no, I am not talking about the movies about the alien blob monsters. I am talking about the Pacific “Blob”, ...

Researchers have discovered an “unexpected” accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, deep underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The team hopes their discovery could serve as an ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire, encircling the Pacific Ocean, accounts for approximately 90% of the world’s earthquakes, with 81% ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

The National Hurricane Center said Thursday morning, June 26, it is continuing to keep an eye on a system in the Pacific Ocean that has the potential to continue strengthening. The hurricane center ...