Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

Plastic flows across the Pacific with no apparent speed. Some fragments have been moving for years, thinning and softening as ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s ...

A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern Japan, offering rare insights into how ocean currents in the North Pacific ...

A strong, 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:44 a.m. Japan time about 71 miles northeast ...

A series of powerful storms hit the Pacific north-west, dumping heavy rain, swelling rivers, closing roads and prompting high-water rescues in several states. An unusually strong storm system called ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, long known as a vast expanse of plastic waste, is now home to an unexpected and thriving marine ecosystem. Recent research has uncovered that the debris accumulating ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A driver was hospitalized Friday morning after they crashed their pickup truck into a garbage truck in North Portland. The crash happened on North Lombard Street near North Ida ...

An Vancouver teen has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after investigators say he shot squirrels with darts in a Clark County park. Newport Police say two men are dead ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A crash involving a pickup truck and a garbage truck in North Portland left one driver critically injured early Friday morning, officials said. Just after 7:30 a.m., Portland ...