If you liked this story, share it with other people. Samoa, an archipelagic country composed of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean, is on the frontline of climate change. Rising sea levels, ocean ...

American Samoa is the only U.S. territory where residents are not automatically granted citizenship by virtue of having been born on American soil. Wayne church security guard Jay Trombley talks about ...

For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Department of the Interior plans to consider a lease to extract minerals in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf with a focus on South Pacific waters around ...

The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of American Samoa. By Max Bearak Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer ...

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of Pacific Islands Heritage (PIH) Marine National Monument, a vast protected area ...