The concept of Blue Zones sounds enticing. Small parts of Italy, Greece, Japan, California and Costa Rica where a combination ...

For years, the government and other organizations have been trying to get rid of the small Indian mongoose, which was introduced to the island around 1979 ... came from Okinawa Prefecture, where ...

TIME Correspondent Frank Gibney toured the all-but-forgotten island ... in small concrete houses (built with materials brought in from the U.S., at a cost of $40,000 apiece). The rest of Okinawa ...

But its impact in the U.S. might be felt most sharply in a small coastal ... and travels all around the mid-Atlantic, fighting to preserve the bay. But her work around Smith Island is personal.

“There are additional costs getting materials and other resources to the island. The best time to build is in the summer months and then there is no accommodation around for the builder ...

If Santa had a Christmas list for the Cold War, it might look something like General Harold K. Johnson’s. A Finnish immigrant ...

We all know speeding on the road can lead to serious consequences. Yet, plenty of drivers still take the risk, hoping they ...

A sailor in Hawaii and a soldier in the Phillippines were the first and last Medal of Honor recipients of World War II.

This small island, around 35 miles off the coast of Honduras, has two cruise ports: Coxen Hole at Roatan’s main city or the larger, newer, Mahogany Bay Cruise Centre to the east. How long does ...

at Cannon Bar in Okinawa.Rebecca Rosman/The World Chibi refers to the Ryukyu Kingdom, a once-independent maritime state that governed these South Pacific islands for centuries before Japan annexed it ...

delegates from small island states and the least developed countries walked out of the negotiations in protest. Advertisement Member nations, meanwhile, also agreed on the rules for a new global ...