On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” – while they were being shipped to a ...

The Caribbean 7.6 earthquake has put at least 12 islands under a potential tsunami threat, as its effects are felt far and ...

Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for ...

Hayden Island has borne several names. For four decades, it was best known for the Jantzen Beach amusement park. Today, a spread-out shopping center and residential neighborhood inhabit the same sandy ...

Queensland’s most sharky beach has been revealed in the wake of the Sunshine State’s latest shark attack this week.

A female swimmer has died in a shark attack in the waters off a popular tourist spot on Australia's east coast, authorities ...

An Australian teenager from near Brisbane died on Monday after being bitten by a shark nearly 100 yards from the beach, according to reports.