A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

Microplastics are widespread in Pacific island fish, with reef and bottom-dwelling species showing the highest exposure.

From the coral-covered coastlines of Tonga to the remote sandy atolls of Tuvalu, microscopic synthetic fibers are ...

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NASA has taken images of an incredible phytoplankton display around the Chatham Islands where warm and colder water converge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s ...

In recent years, deep-sea mining has emerged as a polarizing issue in the Pacific Islands, and the nascent industry is not yet regulated. Now the region is contending with another challenge: the ...

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips ...

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 ...

Over time, Crocodylus porosus achieved one of the widest ranges among reptiles. Before extinction in Seychelles, the species ...