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

Rising from the waves, sculpted by fire and wind: the Aeolian Islands defy imagination. This volcanic archipelago north of ...

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

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 ...

It became extinct following the introduction of new predators by people. Dodos lived on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. The island was uninhabited and the birds had no natural predators.

More than 500 years ago, in AD 1452, the island of Kuwae experienced a massive catastrophe known as the Tombuk eruption. The eruption created a massive caldera (a depression formed by a volcanic ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...