This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Settling the islands of the Pacific Ocean was one of the greatest maritime adventures in human history. Some 3,400 years ...

The huge monster-sized animal, measuring over 100 feet across, isn't a fish or even a marine mammal like a whale. It's a ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Barack Obama slipped into the middle of the Pacific Ocean wearing only fins, trunks, a mask, and a snorkel.

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National ... conversely, Pacific people are renowned for their migrations—after all, their ancestors made the entire ocean their home.

S cientists aboard a National Geographic research vessel have uncovered the world’s largest known coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean, a massive specimen of Pavona clavus. Found near the Three ...

"If I were speaking to all the leaders at Rio+20 I'd say this is not [a choice between] the ocean or ourselves," said marine ecologist Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence.

This month National Geographic’s newest experience, “Ocean Odyssey,” opens in Times ... and sounds than if you were swimming through the Pacific yourself. Starting October 6, you can visit ...

National Geographic recently did its part ... As expected given its appearance, the Pacific Viperfish does in fact bite. Ocean Twilight Zone writes, "Theyre also useful for grabbing a meal ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Five percent of the ocean is protected. Science says half the ocean must be protected to make a real difference.

This story appears in the January 2013 issue of National Geographic ... Pacific were one people, who long ago, probably before Britain was Britain, had explored, settled, and mapped this vast ...

Not long ago I went snorkeling in the Pacific Ocean ... helped fund this article. The National Geographic Society and Sky Ocean Ventures have launched the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge ...

National Geographic’s Pristine Seas ... established the world’s largest contiguous ocean reserve around the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific, thanks in part to Pristine Seas and key ...