China said its coast guard on Friday expelled a Philippine government ship from waters near a disputed shoal as maritime ...

Indonesia's Lewotobi active Laki Lai volcano spewed searing miles-high ash column into the skies over Flores island, 440 ...

The Komodo dragon, a venomous giant lizard native to Indonesian islands, faces endangerment with fewer than 6,000 remaining.

A major cocaine smuggling operation that used a network of speedboats to transport drugs from South America to the Canary Islands has been taken down, police have said. Almost four tonnes of ...

According to Australian Geographic, pit vipers can be found in blue and green on the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Blue pit vipers are some of the rarest of their species, according to the ...

Wild Komodo dragons are found only on Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands. Photo Credit: Pexels They have big heads, long tails, strong legs, and flicking yellow tongues.

(via TEDEd) Clambering through the bush on one of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, suddenly you spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead. Forked tongue flickering; sharp, saw-like teeth glimmering; ...

Fifteen North Island tourism organisations have formed an alliance to generate international interest in their connected destinations. Photo / Michael Cunningham Fifteen of the North Island‘s ...

Scientists have discovered an unusually thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles. This discovery sheds new light on how oceanic plates sink into the Earth's mantle. Variations in rock ...