Crystal clear waters and fine white sands framed by sweeping palm trees, the beaches in Mauritius are hard to top. The island ...

We think of a tiny tract of land, ringed by white sand and planted with palm trees. The idea is so attractive that the UAE has created a whole world of artificial islands just off Dubai.

The largest island off the coast of Maine earned the top spot on the list this year—a mighty jump from its No. 12 spot in ...

Visit this lesser-known volcanic beach on the Big Island to escape the crowds and enjoy a more authentically local experience ...

The inhabitants of Nyangai, located in the Turtle Islands off southern Sierra Leone, are widely considered the country's ...

Island Wide Palm Trees has a lot at the rear of 18 Park Ave., Blue Point, 631-714-7256, islandwidepalmtrees.com. Palms Direct has lots in at 570-2 Broadway Ave., Massapequa, 1500 Old Country Rd., ...

Having “islands” of trees peppered across oil palm plantations can boost the biodiversity of the landscape while maintaining crop yields, a new study shows. Researchers found that biodiversity ...

Seychelles' Bird Island was once covered in coconut groves. When a local bought the island, he took it in a different direction – one that's turned it into a home for 500,000 birds.

The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.

Setting up forests or “tree islands” in large oil palm farms can help restore biodiversity and ecosystems by aiding the natural regeneration of native trees, their study suggests. Increasing ...

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm ...

The cultivation of oil palm is here to stay. However, a five-year study indicates that creating islands of native trees within oil-palm monocultures increases biodiversity and ecosystem ...