For some reason, drivers of four-wheel-drive vehicles like this Jeep Wrangler tend to think they can drive into ocean surf ...

On this day, December 27, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 returned to Earth. Blazing into the atmosphere at over 38 kilometers per hour, the capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean about 4.7 kilometers ...

The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given ...

A series of storms will continue to pound the West Coast with heavy rain, gusty winds, giant ocean waves and accumulation of ...

In 1947, a Norwegian explorer crossed the Pacific on a wooden boat to challenge theories about ancient migration.

A portion of a pier in northern California's Santa Cruz collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, sending three city workers into the sea after high surf slammed the coast. The Wharf, a public pier, ...

A research team led by National Taiwan University used geochemical indicators from deep-sea sediments to reconstruct the ...

Pacific as massive waves, measured at 15-20 feet nearby, pound the coast. Three people were on the wharf when it collapsed.

LIMA — Peru's government on Thursday (Dec 26) declared an environmental emergency in a northern coastal area, where state oil ...

Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell ...

In Santa Cruz, a municipal wharf under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean, dropping three men into the ...

Efforts to recover bodies of people trapped in collapsed buildings continues in the earthquake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu.