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Islands

The chubby, moss-colored, papaya-scented kākāpō.

How One Man and His Dog Rowed More Than 700 Kākāpōs to Safety

In the late 19th century, Richard Henry laid a blueprint for modern conservation in New Zealand.

Sabrina Imbler February 19, 2020

La Palma, Spain

Museo Insular de La Palma (La Palma Island Museum)

A former 16th-century monastery houses a museum dedicated to the island and its culture.

An aerial image of Baa Atoll in the Maldives, a coral island group not far from Kaashidhoo.

Thousands of Trees Are Disappearing From Islands in the Maldives

As developers build artificial islands to attract tourists, they're also uprooting trees from nearby atolls.

Anuradha Varanasi February 6, 2020

The museum is housed in the former Summerside Armoury

Summerside, Prince Edward Island

International Fox Museum and Hall of Fame

The once-booming fox ranching industry has left its mark on Prince Edward Island.

Charity Island Lighthouse

Au Gres, Michigan

Charity Island Lighthouse

The very isolated Charity Island Lighthouse has been watching over Saginaw Bay since 1857.

A Nassau grouper off the coast of Cuba.

In Little Cayman, Things Are Looking Up for the Enormous, Friendly Nassau Grouper

Signs of recovery for the so-called "puppies of the sea."

Sabrina Imbler January 10, 2020

And yet it's only half a mile from the mainland.

The Quietest Spot in San Francisco Bay

If you're the lone caretaker of Brooks Island, not going crazy is job one.

Britta Shoot January 9, 2020

A row of stone monoliths, or moai, on Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui.

Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow

By quarrying rock for the statues, the people of Rapa Nui fertilized the soil.

Reina Gattuso January 8, 2020

Napier Prison

Napier, New Zealand

Napier Prison

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

The barrel room.

Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Ron del Barrilito

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

Snailer and malacologist Norine Yeung in a field of trampled uluhe.

In the Field With the Intrepid, Dedicated Snailers of Hawai‘i

Tiny gastropods, huge undertaking.

Sabrina Imbler November 22, 2019

Duluwat Island, now officially back in the hands of the Wiyot Tribe.

How the Wiyot Tribe Won Back a Sacred California Island

The tribe finally completed a ceremony interrupted by a massacre in 1860.

Sabrina Imbler November 15, 2019

For the first time since the days of Darwin, these iguanas are living on Santiago Island.

The Whack-a-Mole Survival of Galapagos Land Iguanas

Moving them from island to island is one way to conserve them.

Isaac Schultz November 7, 2019

Salinas de Los Cancajos

La Palma, Spain

Los Cancajos Salt Factory

These old towers extract salt from the sea.

Excavations conducted after the lidar survey revealed the extent of the bead-making village.

Found: A Prehistoric Bead-Making Factory Town Off the Florida Coast

The kinds of beads they made were coveted far and wide a thousand years ago.

Isaac Schultz November 5, 2019

Belmaco Cave

La Palma, Spain

Belmaco Cave

This cave was the former seat of power for two brothers who ruled together as kings.

The Cenntennial Walk - a boradwalk that overloks Pelican Island. Each new NWR get's its name inscribed in a chronological boardwalk.

Vero Beach, Florida

Pelican Island

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

A traditional Sardinian cantu a tenòre quartet.

The Many Pleasures of Sardinian Throat Singing

A fiercely unusual musical style from a fiercely independent island.

Dan Nosowitz October 8, 2019