Tropical Storm Henriette forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday with 45 mph winds. The National Hurricane Center ...

A tropical storm formed in the Pacific Ocean on Monday at the same time a different tropical storm was churning in the ...

A highly advanced submersible found a flourishing ecosystem at the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean and captured its ...

A new giant virus with “unusual” features – including an unprecedentedly long tail – has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean ...

Scientists have long studied organisms that thrive around hydrothermal vents. But those native to areas known as cold seeps — ...

The organisms discovered sustain on chemosynthesis rather than sunlight and are clustered around abundant methane seeps in ...

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Waves and strong currents are expected to continue Wednesday for Washington but it appears we've escaped largely unscathed.

Santa Monica’s Pacific Park is one of the most iconic, and visited, landmarks in Southern California. But it’s far from the first seaside amusement park on our shores. L.A. Times columnist Patt ...

A team of researchers discovered a “flourishing” ecosystem of clams, tube worms and other creatures over 30,000 feet below ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...