The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple ...

Abnormally warm ocean waters can ... five cyclones hit the Pacific in the past two years: Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu in March 2015, and Cyclone Winston hit Fiji in February 2016.

A thin white smile curves across the blank face of the South Pacific Ocean ... of the South Pacific in Fiji. But hidden in the NTC’s findings was the reason Tuvalu’s sea level fell.

The Pacific paradise of Tuvalu is one of the most remote nations ... that services just a handful of flights each week from Pacific neighbor Fiji. When no planes are landing, the runway is used ...

A powerful earthquake was reported in the Pacific Ocean early Monday morning local time ... for the coasts of American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kermadec Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu and ...

Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific ... in Fiji have been a mystery for researchers, considering all the reptiles’ closest relatives are an ocean ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji ... in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away.

SYDNEY — Fourteen Pacific island nations will receive $107 million to adapt their tuna-dependent economies as climate change pushes the fish farther from their shores, the Green Climate Fund ...

SYDNEY – Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Feb 6, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region’s ...