Some coastal species, like mussels, barnacles, and anemones, clearly need to latch on to a surface as part of their normal life cycle, and so find the open ocean inhospitable.

Hundreds of miles of Pacific Northwest coast from northern California to Vancouver, Canada, could fall straight into the sea if another major earthquake strikes the region, an alarming new study ...

China Coast Guard ships patrol the high seas of the Northern Pacific Ocean on August 27, 2023. China is a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission.

The population of gray whales migrating along the North American Pacific Coast has dropped to levels not seen since the 1970s, according to a new report.

This stunning Big Sur trail is the best of coastal California with Pacific ... like the dramatic North Point ... to see Big Sur's famed marine life, including whales, dolphins, seals, sea ...

Context. Though the photograph is authentic, it was captured in 2017 and shows a different patch of garbage off the coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea — not the Pacific Ocean.

MIAMI (AP) — A weather system swirling off the coast of western Mexico has developed into the first tropical storm of the eastern North Pacific hurricane season, forecasters said Thursday. At ...

Off the coast of Oregon, hidden just beneath the surface, once-towering seaweed forests are beginning to resemble clear-cut wastelands. Bull kelp, a giant species of seaweed that can grow 100 feet ...