The study of marine paleontology and biogeography on oceanic islands offers critical insights into the dynamic interplay of geological processes and biological evolution. Research in this field ...

A remote island in the Indian Ocean housing a secretive joint US military base is now under international scrutiny after a long-running territorial dispute between the UK and Mauritius appears to have ...

New Scientist staff writer Graham Lawton travelled to the remote Pitcairn Islands to understand how they are helping the UK exceed the global target of protecting 30 per cent of its ocean surface. The ...

Oceanic islands provide useful models for ecology, biogeography and evolutionary research. Many ground-breaking findings -- including Darwin's theory of evolution -- have emerged from the study of ...

Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown. Raymond Zhong, a climate ...

As the strategic rivalry between China and the United States intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait is often seen as the key flash point. Yet whether the regional balance holds or tips ...

Bermuda may well be associated with exaggerated stories of missing ships and planes, but there is another mystery about this part of the Atlantic that has been puzzling scientists for decades: Why ...

Formed millions of years ago in the Indian Ocean by a process independent of tectonic collision, Indonesia’s Enggano Island is now home to many unique species and a diverse Indigenous society of ...

Now that that the risks and hazards of COVID-19 have been greatly reduced, and after several years of curtailing travel, we are making up for some lost time. On July 30 we flew to Quito, Ecuador, and ...