A small, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean has stirred up widespread speculation online after Google Earth displayed it ...

Readers favored global cities and sparsely populated islands in our annual “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025.

FLOATING on Pacific waters lies the world’s most expensive island – with a dark history. Despite its year-round sunshine and crystal blue water, no one lives on Palmyra Island. Geograph… ...

Called the Vangunu giant rat (Uromys vika), the critically endangered species lives on just one island in the South Pacific, where logging has decimated much of its forest habitat.

In total, the nine islands that make up Tuvalu have a land mass of about 10 square miles. Besides being on the frontline of the climate crisis, Tuvalu is known for two things: it is one of the ...