Where are the Chagos Islands, why has the UK given them to Mauritius and what about the Falklands? - The African island nation will assume sovereignty over the archipelago – minus a military base – bu ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke ...

The month before that, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol around Alaska's Aleutian Islands came across a Russian ship in international waters but within the U.S. exclusive economic zone.

Shortly after the re-release of the Mediterranean-inspired map, an explosion rocked the island, creating a series of cracks and crevices throughout while opening up a new underground area.

Wading through the colorful coves and granite boulders of The Baths in Virgin Gorda is undeniably the most notable experience you can have in the British Virgin Islands. Travelers and experts ...

It’s a wild and beautiful place, and unimaginably remote, as well as being rich in half-forgotten Second World War history, parts of the Aleutian Islands having been bombed and invaded by the ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

How to watch 'An t-Eilean/The Island' online and on-demand in the U.K. If you live in the U.K. then you can stream "An t-Eilean/The Island" on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday, January 14 . You'll need a ...

It was a different kind of island getaway. Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom ...

King crab in Alaska generally inhabit the following five regions: Southeast Alaska Gulf of Alaska Aleutian Islands Eastern Bering Sea Norton Sound / Chukchi Sea. Previous genetic studies have ...

Alaska is also a land of superlatives. It’s the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state in the union (the westernmost Aleutian Islands are in the eastern hemisphere), the largest state with ...