No-one lives on them. By contrast, the fishing boat that rescued Mr Tomy was taking him to Amsterdam Island, a small French territory in the area where he got into trouble. It's home to temporary ...

Amsterdam’s council has banned cruise ships from the city centre as the Dutch capital tries to limit visitor numbers and curb pollution. Politicians said the vessels ...

The following is a list of locations where albatrosses breed, together with a list of the species found at each location. Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids. Every time you click a link to ...

For Le Quéré, the more remote stations—in places like the South Pole, Palmer Station on the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, Amsterdam Island in the south Indian Ocean, and Ascension Island in the ...

As more and more travelers crowd tourist destinations around the world, you may be thinking, "Is there a place I can go to get away from all these people?" And the answer is: Yes! Across the globe, ...

Easter Island is one of the world's remotest islands where people can live, offering a lifestyle immersed in ancient ...

This island attracts many day-trip visitors from the nearby metropolis Jakarta and these also visit Onrust Island. 1650 map of Onrust showing massive swamps Hospital at Quarantine Island Onrust c 1928 ...

The Norwegian name for this archipelago including Bear Island and Jan Mayen is Svalbard. However, it is usually known as Spitsbergen. Covering an area almost as big as the Republic of Ireland, ...

It can also happen quickly. In one example that started in 1871, feral cattle on Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian ...

His theory of supergravity sought to bridge quantum mechanics and general relativity, a potential step toward a theory of everything. By Kenneth Chang Astronomers recently used artificial ...

Scientists studying ancient cousins of humans have big news: A hobbit-like species was even smaller than previously thought. Fossils of Homo floresiensis (dubbed "hobbits" for their resemblance to the ...