Newborn fish are mistaking tiny bits of trash for ... Not long ago I went snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean, a half mile off the southwest coast of Oahu. The flanks of the Hawaiian island are ...

By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...

On Thursday, the Aquarium of the Pacific released its first Marine Species Report Card, detailing the population trends of 30 ...

Figure 1. Areas for assessing status and trends of fish and squid in the Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean (black lines). Labels indicate the sectors (first two letters) and zones ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses. Learn more ...

Pacific whiting is a lean, white-fleshed fish found in the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean. A member of the cod family, this fish has a mild, slightly sweet flavor that works well with a wide range ...

The data only include vessels using transponders, and therefore underestimate the fishing effort that occurs within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of countries that do not enforce transponder use ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the U.S. military to divert water from the Pacific Northwest to Southern ...

From a research vessel in the Pacific Ocean, scientists watched the feeds of several cameras sitting on the seafloor. Miles below, a deep-sea fish approached the camera’s bait then, changing its ...

The colorful Eric Owen Moss-designed 708 House became a neighborhood magnet and sparked ideas for large-scale public art ...

researchers were just realizing that plastic accumulating in oceans across the globe – including in the Pacific Ocean garbage patch – was breaking apart, posing a threat to fin fish ...

Two Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation in California to allow residents who have damages from natural disasters to ...