Scientists are tracking unseasonably large sargassum mats in the Atlantic. Where it will land, if at all, depends on winds and currents.

MANILA, Philippines — The government's mapping agency pushed back on Wednesday, February 18, against claims that the West Philippine Sea lacks coordinates and does not exist on Philippine maps. In a ...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Namria) has released an updated official map depicting the West Philippine Sea and the country’s maritime limits, saying ...

The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) on Wednesday released the official administrative map of the Philippines showing the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a statement, the ...

NOAA plans to scour more than 30,000 square nautical miles of waters off American Samoa to figure out the possibilities there for deep sea mining. The agency announced Thursday the area will be ...

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A strong, 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:02 a.m. Philippine time about 17 miles east ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China’s General Administration of Customs said officers in the coastal city of Qingdao intercepted the “problematic” maps during ...

Chinese customs officers in the eastern province of Shandong have confiscated 60,000 maps they said contained “errors”, including mislabelling Taiwan and omitting parts of the South China Sea that ...

From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have recently experienced water shortages. In the next five years the world’s demand for fresh water could significantly ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels varied little. That changed in the 20th century. They started rising and have not stopped since — and the pace is accelerating. Scientists are scrambling to ...