As snow disappears from the land, even in the Arctic, most ski expeditions have finished. But Borge Ousland and Vince ...

The Big Puffin Count Of 2025 Begins On The Farne Islands. The 2025 puffin count is underway on the Farne Islands as conservationists from the National Trust aim to tot them up among 200,000 seabirds.

Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...

Phu Quoc, voted the world's second most beautiful island, welcomed 151,000 visitors during the five-day holiday for Reunification Day and Labor Day (April 30-May 4), marking a 20% year-on-year ...

The islands in the East China Sea -- known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan -- are administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing and are a frequent hotspot in bilateral tensions.

Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world and sits between Baffin Island and Ellesmere. Naranjo and Ortlieb were dropped off by snowmobile at the head of the Sverdrup Glacier ...

The West Coast Vaulters are busy preparing to catapult themselves to glory at the 2025 FEI Vaulting World Championships in Stadl Paura, Austria from July 30 to Aug. 3. The Coombs-based club's young ...

STONEY CREEK, ON, May 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian footwear brand Baffin presents DETOUR (Metatarsal Guard), a unisex safety boot designed specifically to offer maximum protection in mining ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands are holding general elections on Wednesday, with voters choosing candidates from a record three parties vying for seats in Parliament. Two parties ...