The Philippines says it has discovered cyanide on Chinese boats near a disputed South China Sea atoll, warning the substance could be used for “sabotage” against local fish populations. Security ...

From 800 kilometers above the Pacific, a Sentinel-2 satellite captured something that looks almost too geometric to be natural: a slender coral ring barely clearing the ocean surface, enclosing a ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - The United States stands with the Philippines, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, rejecting what he described as China's "destabilizing plans" for a disputed atoll in ...

Once a remote island paradise, Bikini Atoll was transformed into ground zero for some of the most infamous nuclear tests in history. This video uncovers how the U.S. military turned the Pacific into a ...

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A Coast Guard HC-130 evacuates personnel off Johnston Atoll due to a hurricane threat in 2019. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has shelved a proposal to build two rocket ...

The Department of the Air Force has suspended plans to use an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets as it considers alternative sites. The service had chosen Johnston Atoll, an ...

Ryde Group Ltd. (AMEX:RYDE) shares are trading higher on Wednesday after the Singapore-based tech mobility firm announced a strategic equity stake in an emerging electric vehicle rental startup. Ryde ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Johnston Atoll, with its Hawaiian name Kalama, is about 825 miles southwest of Hawaii in the Central Pacific. The unincorporated U.S. territory is in a preserve called the ...

Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth moves up through the mantle, and if these plumes were responsible for some volcanic ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...