The sun was still low on the horizon when 19-year-old Piper James walked toward the Pacific Ocean for a morning swim on an island whose name in the local language means “paradise.” ...

I thought I would provide a little update on Barbados, the little island we are currently residing. In particular on its ...

Ahead of the release of Sam Raimi's "Send Help," revisit the stories of Alexander Selkirk, Marguerite de la Rocque, the Tongan castaways and others who endured in remote locales ...

With no roads, no signal and one lone restaurant, the island of Palmarola offers visitors an escape from the modern world with simple living and a taste of what Italy was like before the age of mass ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

The new film Magellan chronicles the life of Portuguese colonizer Ferdinand Magellan, the first person to circumnavigate the globe. Known for his voyage crossing the Pacific Ocean and landing on the ...

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Green by choice! Follow these 26 easy, effective tips to reduce your footprint and become a more conscious, responsible ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Life in paradise can be hard. Paradise is a Greek word of Persian origin made famous by the Jewish bible: it comes from a mix of very different cultures. The word means a walled garden. The garden ...

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water ...

The islands, which Britain has agreed to hand over to Mauritius, are home to a strategically important U.S.-British military base.