Test your knowledge of the world’s oceans with this fun and educational quiz. Learn about the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, ...

First broadcast on July 17, 2025 Peter Barakan visits the region of Tosa, famous for the mighty Kuroshio Current and bonito ...

A Mediterranean Plaza. Unlike other pavilions that rely on imposing façades, Spain’s contribution proposes an open and ...

A new study reveals that global ocean analysis products can effectively replace expensive in-situ sound speed measurements for precise seafloor ...

While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

Neogene History of the Kuroshio Current Extension and Planktic Foraminifera Evolutionary Implications. PhD Dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst.

First broadcast on July 10, 2025 Once a poor fisher boy, John Manjiro became the first Japanese person to receive a formal ...

In the forests of eastern Taiwan, a team of scientists set out to answer a question that has puzzled archaeologists for decades. Without access to modern tools or navigational aids, how did ...

Arrival via the Ryukyu Islands route is believed to have taken place around 35,000 to 30,000 years ago during the late Paleolithic period. However, as Taiwan and Yonaguni Island are separated by the ...

Experimental archaeologists completed a 45-hour canoe trip from Taiwan to Japan using only Paleolithic equipment.