The (TEP) is a geographical area located from Baja California, Mexico to Central and South America (Peru); in volume, it occupies about 18% of the Pacific

Discover the alarming truth about ocean plastic pollution in this in-depth video, which examines how millions of tons of plastic waste—from bags to microplastics—are contaminating our marine environments.

Publishing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, researchers at Kyushu University report that they have developed a new method to more accurately analyze the distribution of small microplastics in the ocean at various depths.

Ask Ben Lyles, a former biology teacher, if the ocean off the coast of Southern California will still be a good place to swim or surf in, say, 2050, and he answers by saying how much he wants to teach one of his great-granddaughters to fish. Two hurdles ...

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ocean basin in the world, according to the National Ocean ...

Oliver Widger prepares to set sail from Oregon to Hawaii. An Oregon man has amassed a large social media following as he sails across the Pacific Ocean for the first time with his cat. When Oliver Widger was diagnosed with Klippel-Feil syndrome, a ...

Authorities on California's Central Coast have suspended search operations for an Army specialist from New Jersey who was swept out to the Pacific Ocean over the weekend.

A search-and-recovery operation stretched into its third day on Monday for a man who was swept into the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Southern Command has reported a military operation against a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, resulting in four casualties. This operation is the latest in a series of nearly two dozen strikes in the region,