If you are looking for a unique church to get married in, you may want to head to Oneida, where, in the middle of a pond, you ...

Universities must develop an intentional, place-based approach to research and teaching that’s organized around a region’s ...

Mist drifts over the emerald slopes of Jamaica’s Blue Mountains as I sip hot black coffee and breathe in the silence. I’m ...

Some villagers have raised the floors of their homes with soil and cement, creating “dwarf houses” that people must stoop or crawl to enter. Those who can’t afford to elevate their floors store their ...

Imagine spawning on an island with limited resources and nowhere in particular to go. Will you first make a boat to explore the oceans or spend time gathering resources to ensure your survival? That’s ...

PADANG, Indonesia - Searchers recovered nine bodies after a landslide hit near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, police said on May 15. A cliff near the mine collapsed on May 14 in ...

Looking for Minecraft island seeds for your next playthrough? Minecraft's world generation mechanics allow a virtually limitless variety of worlds to exist in the game. Each seed is different, and ...

Many of us know Australia as a country and continent with deserts, beaches, and huge insects, but you may not know that secluded in the Indian Ocean is the Australian external territory of Christmas ...

The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled a mouse and weighed around 4-6 grams (under 0.2 oz). It was once abundant on ...

There are plenty of odd islands around the globe, but there's only one that's guaranteed to attract worldwide attention every year: Christmas Island. The island is famed for its annual procession of ...