The crew of a Honolulu-based Coast Guard cutter has offloaded nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine it seized during a deployment ...

Karen Madorin is a retired teacher, writer, photographer, outdoors lover, and sixth-generation Kansan.

Nearly four months after the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began investigating the Palisades fire, investigators set a fire to parts of the Temescal Ridge Trail between ...

A volcano 5,000 feet under the Pacific Ocean is boiling and can erupt in the coming days. Located miles from the Oregon coast ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest's most active underwater volcano is showing signs of an impending eruption, potentially occurring before the end of 2025, according to researchers at the University of ...

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaiʻi finally connected the dots between one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history and its source deep beneat ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

President Macron’s recent tour of the IOR underscored the complex interplay between France’s global strategic ambitions and ...

The Axial Seamount – located hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon and nearly 5,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s waves ...

The increasing engagement of China in the Pacific Islands indicates a significant shift in the regional balance of power, reflecting a facet of the ...

A new study warns parts of the Pacific Coast, including Western Washington, could sink several feet during a major offshore ...