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

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

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 ...

Blooming seas were recorded around the Chatham Islands in January 2026, after satellite images showed large swirls of colour spreading across the Pacific Ocean. The remote island group lies far east ...

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 ...