Some islands magically appeared on the horizon, only to mysteriously disappear. Early maps became populated with islands floating in the oceans that, in the end, did not exist—as far as is known.

Leaving the port of Darwin in Chinese hands would bestow on Beijing a golden opportunity to make mischief for Australia and its allies.

Traveling in the smartphone era can often feel like checking boxes, but not in these often overlooked destinations.

From world-class whale watching to oysters shucked at their source, there is a fascinating mix of culture, wildlife, and ...

This island park just off the SoCal coast has white sand beaches and a vibrant marine ecosystem found nowhere else on Earth ...

The group also worked with National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas project, an initiative to protected 20 of the ocean's wildest places by 2020. Ascension Island will be the 22nd marine ...

Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East. A detail of the Madaba Map ...

Twenty Cubans were stranded on a deserted island in the Caribbean before getting a helping hand and a lift from members of ...

Massive mounds of conch shells have been towering near Anegada in the British Virgin Islands for hundreds of years.

Through radio broadcasts and digital archives, Moskitian activists are reclaiming their history, resisting settler colonial ...

“Dead zones” are deadly: Few or no organisms can survive in their oxygen-depleted, or hypoxic, waters. Often encompassing large swaths of ocean (and even lakes and ponds), dead zones become ...

Catch up on the latest travel advisories for the most popular island destinations throughout the Caribbean amid peak travel ...