Scientists are uncovering a hidden and surprisingly complex earthquake zone beneath Northern California by tracking swarms of ...

When a Monterey County woman died in a shark attack off Pacific Grove in late December, it was the 17th such fatality in 75 ...

Dangerous ocean conditions were affecting the entire West Coast of the U.S. on Wednesday amid strong waves. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a slate of advisories spanning the entire West ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences retrieved 13 underwater monitoring structures from the deep reefs off the Pacific island of Guam, which have been gathering data there at depths up ...

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern Japan, offering rare insights into how ocean currents in the North Pacific ...

Severe weather from the Pacific is causing havoc in California. At least one person died after flash flooding overwhelmed Redding earlier this week. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial ...

Officials continued to search for a missing swimmer on Monday, Dec. 22, following a reported shark sighting over the weekend in Northern California that closed beaches. About noon on Sunday, Dec. 21, ...

Scientists believe they have discovered at least 20 new species in a deep part of the Pacific Ocean. The discoveries were found after researchers from the California Academy of Sciences retrieved 13 ...

Alex Brandon / AP The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine off the west coast of North America since early August, the service said Tuesday. “Operation Pacific Viper” has been directed at ...