In 1973, Christopher Cadbury funded the £40,000 purchase of a Seychelles island stripped for coconuts and seabird eggs; today over 1 million seabirds breed there each year

For decades, the small island of Aride in the Seychelles was treated less as a wildlife sanctuary and more as a source of income. Its forests were cleared for cultivation, coconut plantations covered parts of the island and its seabirds became a resource that could be harvested. Sooty tern eggs, in particular, were collected in […]

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‘Haunted’ Drake’s Island: Tiny UK island with Grade-II listed house, 6.4-acre site, mysterious underground tunnels and 43-bed hotel plan goes on sale for offers above £2 million

Drake’s Island, a 6.4-acre island in Plymouth Sound, is being offered for more than £2 million, with plans for heritage-led regeneration. (Photo: Getty Images) A tiny historic island off the coast of Plymouth, England, featuring a Grade-II listed house, a vast underground tunnel network and former military buildings, has gone on the market for offers […]

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US-Israel launches fresh strikes on Kharg island — why this oil hub is vital for Iran

US-Israel targeted Kharg Island in a fresh wave of attacks on Tuesday, striking Iran’s key oil export hub as the conflict intensifies. Multiple explosions were reported on the island, with US officials indicating that military targets were hit, even as the strikes came just hours ahead of a deadline set by Donald Trump for Tehran […]

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Trump’s Greenland push: US Congressman Randy Fine proposes legislation to annex island — what’s in the bill?

US Republican Congressman Randy Fine on Monday introduced a bill that seeks the annexation of Greenland and lays the ground for the Arctic island to eventually become a US state. The bill comes amid renewed comments by US president Donald Trump about taking control of Greenland.Fine, a member of the US House of Representatives from […]

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Democrats release ‘never-before-seen’ images from infamous ‘Epstein Island’ — see photos

House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released a new batch of photographs taken inside Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island or the famous “Epstein Island.” The committee said the new images had never been seen publicly before. They were captured on Little St. James in the US Virgin Islands. They include photographs of bedrooms, bathrooms and […]

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Donald Trump: JD Vance says Donald Trump’s dramatic Kharg Island post was meant as a signal to Iran

Vance made the remarks after Trump posted a one-line message on Sunday accompanied by an AI-generated video clip US President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran with his social media post claiming that the country’s key energy hub of Kharg Island was being “blown to smithereens”, Vice President JD Vance said on Monday.Vance […]

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US breaks weeks-long Iran strike lull by targeting Larak island; Tehran hits American bases in Middle East

US strike marked first strike in months on Iran US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz late Sunday, in their first confirmed military action against Iran in a month, breaking a weeks-long lull in fighting. Iran quickly vowed retaliation, with state television later showing what it said were […]

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In 1967, Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island; after restoring nesting habitat, its sooty tern colony rose from under 20,000 pairs to about 700,000

Guy Savy and a partner bought a degraded Seychelles island A tiny coral island on the northern edge of the Seychelles Bank was once close to ecological collapse. Years of commercial farming, habitat destruction and wildlife exploitation had badly damaged its natural environment. Today, after more than five decades of careful conservation, Bird Island is […]

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In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned 18 acre island off Maine and built a small house to live there alone; 22 years later the island was donated to become a wildlife sanctuary

Before it was a wildlife sanctuary, it was a woman’s abode. Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre land area off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Named after the woman who used to live there, it was sold off to another who donated it to become a wildlife sanctuary, as per a report […]

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