A new study that lists almost 14,000 plant species shows that New Guinea is the most diverse island on the planet when it comes to flora.

A market-based system with the right incentives could bring more coastal and island nations together to improve ocean conservation efforts.

Research finds that the first Caribbean islanders came straight from South America to the northern Caribbean, initially settling Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.

Many island conifers are facing extinction, report researchers, even when considering different kinds of wiggle room.

The mystery of the locations of statues on Easter Island may have an answer, researchers say.

After more than a century of debate about whether California's Santa Catalina Island is rising or sinking, researchers may have the answer.