It is hard to imagine an island less like Greenland than Diego Garcia, a lush coral horseshoe halfway between Africa and Indonesia. Both lands host American military bases. But, whereas the United ...

Nations worldwide maintain territories for strategic and military purposes, often remnants of colonial empires.

February is often that awkward middle child of the calendar year. The holidays are a distant, fading ...

It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble.

A winter storm watch remains in effect for several north Alabama counties. Ice accumulation could exceed an inch, causing ...

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal ...

In 2025, this Alabama rock group headlined three nights at one of its home state’s biggest concert venues. In 2026 it’s ...

Displaced from their hometown, now under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), players of Sudan’s Al-Hilal El-Fasher Club have returned to the pitch in El Obeid in central Sudan.

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

New Antarctica map reveals a landscape of hidden valleys and channels beneath ice, improving sea-level rise and ice flow ...

Three people, including a girl, have been killed in a car crash in southeast Queensland. A Dodge and Ford ute collided along ...