The largest and deepest of the world's ocean basins is the Pacific Ocean, covering approximately 63 million square miles. It's also considered the oldest of the world's ocean basins.

Imagine placing Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, Australia and Antarctica into one huge basin and still having room to ...

It's commonly thought great white sharks are found more in the Atlantic Ocean than the Pacific, but while there may be more tagged sharks, there certainly aren't "less" sharks. And scientists have ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes in modern history shook Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday, sending tsunami waves ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 11 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of April 25.

Aircraft carriers from China and the United States were operating in the Pacific Ocean this week. An American aircraft carrier left the West Coast as it shifted its home port to Japan, joining the ...

The National Hurricane Center gives the latest update on Hurricane Iona and says it is "rapidly weakening" to the south of Hawaii.