Key Takeaways It’s possible to enjoy the sea, nature, good weather, laid-back lifestyle, and other benefits of island life on ...

A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. Fringed by sparkling ...

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu — Kauaka Petaia guided his motorboat out of Tuvalu’s main lagoon at dawn and into the vast Pacific Ocean, where he and his nephew scanned the rolling horizon for signs of their ...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so today we look at the Pacific Islands and the American territories there. One hundred years before Hawaii became a territory annexed by the ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Upolu / Getty Images It’s possible to ...

The Pacific Ocean’s seabed is rich in critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Yet deep-sea mining of these materials, which are used in many technologies, threatens the region. If mining goes ahead ...

The governments of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have announced their commitment to create a massive multinational Melanesian Ocean Reserve. If implemented as envisioned, the reserve would become ...

Secretary-General António Guterres (fourth from left) poses for a group photo with world leaders in attendance at the UN Ocean Conference. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider Last week, more than 60 world ...

Photographs have been circulating online for years that supposedly depict where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet. In the photographs, there is a clearly visible line between the two, and the water ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the Pacific Islands—at an ancient cave site on Guam in the Mariana Islands of ...