By Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence.

Charter possibilities for America are concentrated in the tropics, but for adventurous sailors, there are possibilities north ...

Russia has supported secessionist regimes and meddled in the affairs of Syria and African countries, China has militarized ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should “take back” ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

Over the past few weeks the new US president, Donald Trump, has repeatedly claimed that the United States should“take back” the Panama Canal and that ...

In the Meratus mountain range of Indonesia, researchers discovered two new species of fanged frogs, Limnonectes maanyanorum ...

In the West, Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho have the greatest vulnerabilities from landslides, which cause billions ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...