Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

The Chinese naval drills in the waters between Australia and New Zealand have prompted airlines to divert flights.

TheUSS Russell served in many war engagements, including the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Guadalcanal campaign, and the invasions of the Marshall Islands, the Gilbert Islands ...

Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.

WHAT could possibly connect a Mexican mariachi band, backstabbing buccaneers and cackling cannibals? Wargrave’s pantomime, ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

LONDON—For around a decade, the Russian spy ship Yantar has crossed the globe and loitered over undersea cables in what Western officials suspect is an attempt by the Kremlin to map vital ...

Ukraine has also used drones to attack military facilities, munitions factories and energy infrastructure in Russia and is estimated to have sunk one-fifth of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

Nestled in the unassuming town of Marion, Arkansas, the Seafood Shack stands as a beacon of hope for landlocked seafood ...

94°E–130°E), the Coral Sea (4°S–26°S, 142°E–174°E) and the Tasman Sea (26°S–46°S, 150°E–174°E). These regions are the same as those used to provide timeseries on these pages. Trend maps are provided ...