Cavendish bananas are under threat from a fungus that has wiped out other varieties. The island of Tenerife may have the ...

An environmental success story is unfolding on Lord Howe Island, where threatened species are thriving five years after an ...

Then, it was never seen on the island again — until now. “The Galápagos rail, a secretive bird thought to be extinct on Floreana, has been found on the island for the first time since Charles ...

Situated on the island of Tenerife, Teide National Park features the Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcano that, at 3,718 m, is the highest peak on Spanish soil. Rising 7,500 m above the ocean floor, it is ...

Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes ... Colombian geologists left for Easter Island to accurately date the ...

In listing the Fernandina tortoise as possibly extinct, the conservation ... have succumbed to “the frequent volcanic lava flows that nearly cover the island.” The Galapagos archipelago ...

Kerry Murray for The New York Times On São Miguel, restaurants bury cauldrons of the meat-and-vegetable stew known as cozido in deep holes in designated areas of the island’s steaming volcanic ...

Discover 10 breathtaking images of Earth from space, featuring volcanic eruptions, heart-shaped lakes, shifting dunes, and ...

The volcanic island formerly known as Iwojima that was the site of one of the most famous battles of the Pacific War is making history again, but in strictly geological terms. Its land surface ...

Some extinct volcanoes may be harboring a cache ... formed around 1,600 million years ago following intense volcanic activity," said CNN. Was it a "geological accident," or "is there something ...

Mount Otemanu is one of two peaks of an extinct volcano located at the center of the island. Rising 2,400-some feet above the lagoon, this volcanic remnant makes for a dramatic photo op or an ...