Exclusive: Inside the search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane. Many attempts have been made to discover the famed aviator's fate, but never with the technological tools at Robert Ballard's disposal.

In 1965, shortly before granting Mauritius independence, Britain separated the Chagos Islands, renaming them the British Indian Ocean Territory, and paying £3 million to Mauritius.

The Pacific Islands were well represented at the conference, with the Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji, ...

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ...

The domesticated rice was transported by the first islanders, who sailed 2,300 kilometres of open ocean from the Philippines about 3,500 years ago. The discovery settles debates and curiosity about ...

Hawaii’s otherworldly gorgeousness of Kauai, also known as the Garden Isle, is legendary. From its Nā Pali Coast and State ...

The team examined the chemical composition of ocean sediments near today’s largest ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The team obtained sediment samples—the “history books” of ...

In January, the RMI designated 18,500 square miles of “pristine” Pacific ecosystems in the northern islands as a Forest National Marine Sanctuary, safeguarding deep sea sharks, green turtles ...

It should be noted that Tophat Gudetama repeats locations after appearing in 52 different spots. Since Hello Kitty Island Adventure has been out on Apple Arcade for quite a bit, most of these ...

Above: A Von Karman vortex street downwind of the Canary Island chain in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa on Feb. 27, 2015. Image credit: NASA Worldview. Editor's note ...