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A powerful 8.7 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves up to 4 metres, striking the northern Kuril Islands. Over 2,500 residents were evacuated from Severo-Kurilsk. No casualties were reported, though coastal flooding and structural damage occurred

Goliath, a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, celebrated both his birthday and his first Father's Day after successfully siring his first offspring with female tortoise Sweet Pea

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to cross the coast between the Queensland State capital Brisbane and the tourist city of Gold Coast to the south late on Thursday or early Friday

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future

A large Chinese coast guard ship sailed toward the northwestern coast of the Philippines on Tuesday, coming as close as 143 km

Like the preceding three releases, approximately 7,800 tons of wastewater, retaining tritium, a radioactive element, will be discharged over a period spanning about 17 days.

Hyderabad: The Pacific Ring of fire is situated just over 60 kilometers from the island nation of Tonga, where recently Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted sending ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air. Also called the Pacific rim or the Circum-Pacific Belt, is an area along the Pacific Ocean that is characterized by […]

Hyderabad: After a severe summer and heavy monsoon this year, Telangana might witness a biting winter as well. The harsh winter prediction comes in the wake of a recent forecast from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States that a La Niña weather pattern was emerging in the Pacific Ocean. While this was likely […]

Deep sea scientists captured this incredibly rare and eerie-looking ‘glass octopus’ during a recent expedition in the central Pacific Ocean.

Japan’s decision to release over one million tonnes of contaminated water from its destroyed nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean has upset many

Ecuador made a part of the Galapagos a wildlife sanctuary in 1935, and the sanctuary became the Galapagos National Park in 1959.

Said to be one of the fastest fishes in the world with a speed of 129-km per hour, a Black Marlin can also jump 70-80 feet off the water surface.