The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple, so have some ...

Both Australia and New Zealand signed a security treaty with the U.S. in 1951. The three nations also form an ...

Palau, a tiny island nation in Micronesia, is famous for its mushroom-shaped Rock Islands and spectacular diving ...

The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...