By Shiran Illanperuma Positioned at the geographic and political heart of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka is the epicentre of the ...

Advances in technology are helping explorers fulfill their purpose: Mapping the ocean floor in tiny detail for the first time.

O n January 12, 1935, famed aviator Amelia Earhart landed at Oakland Municipal Airport in Oakland, California, after an ...

Capt. Barbara C. Tayama is the first Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency officer to graduate from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy upon her completion of the academy’s 292nd ...

From Japan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s Out of Eden Walk marks 12 years, with North America on the horizon.

National Geographic's staff photographer—who has decades of experience covering wildfires—weighs in on why the latest fires ...

From being jumped on by a polar bear while camping in the Northwest Passage to diving in Antarctica, Paul Rose has collected innumerable stories throughout his diverse career. He is currently ...

From a concert at the Bob Hope Theatre to trying a new restaurant in town, there are many things to do in Stockton. Here are ...

Scientists predict the Pacific Ocean will vanish in 200 million years, forming a new supercontinent named Amasia and ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s opposition-controlled National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo despite vehement protests by governing party lawmakers ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 78 percent of tsunamis between 1900 and 2015 occurred in the Pacific Ocean. Only 5 percent originated in the Indian Ocean.

ESCAP estimates that 68 million people in 43 Asian and Pacific countries, along with $2.3 trillion in infrastructure along coasts, remain at significant risk. In the Indian Ocean basin alone, over ...