More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

An expedition to a remote and tiny island this fall will attempt to locate Amelia Earhart's plane​ in the Pacific Ocean.

Purdue University researchers are sending a new expedition team to find Amelia Earhart’s missing plane based on evidence that ...

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The steep cliffs and hidden coves of Guam have long been the setting for archaeological intrigue. For years, researchers have ...

Amelia Earhart's lost plane may have been found in satellite images of Nikumaroro Island. Researchers to investigate further.

The Japanese government is taking uncomfortable steps to prepare its citizens for a possible future war that its military ...

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As of Thursday morning, 474 earthquakes had been observed around the Tokara island chain, south of Kyushu, says the Japan ...

Canoe is paddled 140 miles (225km) across the open sea The journey is from Taiwan to Japan’s Yonaguni Island Research is reminiscent of famed 1947 ...

Blakely Spoor is a Pacific Northwest-based writer and photographer. You can normally find her bragging about her agate ...