Southern elephant seal pups were among the first to die when a deadly strain of avian influenza arrived in the Crozet Islands in 2024. But as the virus spread across the sub-Antarctic archipelago, a ...

Islas Marías, off Mexico’s west coast, was known as “Mexico’s Alcatraz” and was the Americas’ last island prison until the ...

Crocodiles are massive reptiles with aggressive behaviors. Discover the most crocodile infested swamp in the world!

Just a few thousand years ago, massive islands stretched where the sea now lies. When glaciers melted, sea levels rose by over 120 meters, swallowing entire landscapes. These weren't tiny specks—they ...

Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and preservationists are fighting to save it ...

Have you ever wondered where the state of Rhode Island got its name? The state is one of many from the original 13 colonies to be named by European explorers, as Europeans settled in Rhode Island all ...

In my lifetime, local debates over the location of the first French steps on the place we call home abound.

In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends surrounding a complex ancient culture. By Joshua Hammer Joshua Hammer is the ...

In 1871, a farmer stepped off a volcanic rock in the southern Indian Ocean. For seven months, he had tried to grow crops and ...

Anyone who’s ever questioned the human obsession with erecting big monuments need only wander far afield in time and space. The carved bisj poles created by the Asmat people in the swamps of West ...

A nearly 136-year-old shipwreck has been uncovered at Island Beach State Park following weeks of beach erosion caused by rough surf and persistent wind and wave action, according to state park staff ...

More than 1,289 miles from the nearest human settlement, Easter Island—or Rapa Nui, as its own people call it—is arguably the world’s most remote inhabited place. To the mystique of its isolation amid ...