The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United ...

Its area is only about 0.43 square kilometers, but it is known worldwide as the home of one of the most dangerous snakes in the world - the island botrytis, whose bite causes rapid tissue necrosis.

Sir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which had been administered alongside the archipelago until 1965. As part of the deal to hand back ...

Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...

Sprawling beaches, rich cultures and untouched pockets of wilderness are just a few alluring characteristics of the best islands in the world. According to experts and U.S. News readers ...

The Gulf of California in Northwestern Mexico, once famously dubbed the "Aquarium of the World", is recognized as an area of global marine conservation significance. Less known but equally spectacular ...