On a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, a rare species once declared extinct in the wild has been rediscovered. Partula ...

FOR most people there is a strange glamour about the South Sea Islands and their inhabitants, due in part, no doubt, to the works of such visitors as R. L. Stevenson and Gauguin. But few people ...

The Polynesian islands that span the southern part of the Pacific Ocean—the eastern most of which is Rapa Nui, or Easter Island—were initially settled by a wave of migration from Asia. It’s been less ...

By Asher Elbein For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga ... of reptilian transplants have ended up on two islands in the South Pacific, over 4,970 miles away? “The question has ...

Documentary series about the South Pacific islands. This edition looks at the birth, growth and death of an island, with images of an erupting underwater volcano. Show more Witness the birth ...