A mudslide on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu sent a Los Angeles Fire Department officer and his car into the Pacific Ocean. The firefighter was able to escape.

Scientists have been left baffled after discovering something vast and radioactive lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean ...

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the ...

A strange radioactive 'blip' has been detected deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. Analyzing several thin layers of seafloor ...

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...

By studying elephant seals' hunting patterns, scientists have discovered a new way to monitor deep-sea fish populations.

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...

Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. A research team has discovered an unexpected ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...