Chinese mitten crabs are known for their distinctive hairy, mitten-like claws and a notch between their eyes, although they are often misidentified as native species. Using their claws, the crabs are ...

It has been almost 50 years since the U.S. government established that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments should be recognized annually across the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Students walk past a display for Asian Pacific ...

And it happened unexpectedly fast. If the trend continues, it could encourage the return of La Niña-like conditions in the Pacific Ocean later this year. And if that happens, winds over the ...

PALAU, Western Pacific - The brilliant blue waters, thick foliage and bucolic atmosphere on this seemingly idyllic archipelago deep in the Pacific Ocean belie the key role it now plays in a ...

In exchange, the U.S. gets exclusive military access to vast swathes of the Pacific. The connections to America are particularly resonant on Palau’s southern islands of Peleliu and Angaur.

Union Pacific has unveiled its locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln. UP NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific has unveiled its Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive, honoring the ...

A catastrophic earthquake in the Cascadia region of the Pacific Northwest could lower the ground near the coast by up to 6.6 feet (2 meters). Combined with rising seas caused by climate change ...

A highly invasive species of crab — capable of climbing over 13-foot-high concrete structures — has been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for the first time, wildlife officials said.

Credit: SciTechDaily.com A future Cascadia earthquake could unleash far more than just devastating shaking — it could sink large parts of the Pacific Northwest coastline, dramatically expanding flood ...

Georgia-Pacific announced April 28 it plans to build a 400,000-square-foot warehouse at its paper products mill in Palatka as part of an $83 million investment. Georgia-Pacific said the warehouse will ...

Pacific Premier’s headquarters is located at 17901 Von Karman Ave. in Irvine Steven Gardner, a hockey-loving MBA dropout, in 2000 took over a small bank on the brink of failure that was for a long ...