Set on a beautiful Taonga island, you’re job is to grow crops, keep your animals happy, and erect attractive new features. So for example ... a zombie apocalypse on Earth.

islands of hope are emerging in the sea of sprawl. Ellen Dunham-Jones, an architect and urban designer at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, one of the most sprawling cities on Earth, keeps a database of them.

Barrier islands protect coasts with dunes. Storms can flatten them. Nature-based, low-cost solutions offer hope.

Driving through almost any coastal town, you'll notice staples of being at the beach: ice-cream stands, seafood shacks, ...

The Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a renaming ceremony for the Barrier Island Sanctuary on April 26.

Magnetic Island. The Great Barrier Reef has been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award in the United Nations Environment Program’s highly regarded Champions of the Earth environmental awards.

Police are asking the public to help find missing Aotea/Great Barrier Island woman Julie Butler. The 55-year-old usually lives on her yacht, the “Blazing Shadz”, moored in Kaiaraara Bay.

Google celebrates Earth Day with unique aerial images assembled to make a special Doodle Google Doodle showcases nature's artistry from locations around the world Earth Day Doodle was made using ...

April 22 is Earth Day ... Google posted the source of each photo on a page devoted to the Doodle: G: The low-lying tropical paradise of the Maldives. This beautiful island nation comprises ...

On Earth Day Tuesday, Long Island residents scoured the shores of Jones Beach, searching for microplastics and other waste that spoil the coastline and harm marine creatures. "Earth Day is an ...

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – The battle lines were drawn the day John Johnson saw an iguana emerging from a burrowing owl hole. On this barrier island off southwest Florida, Johnson had enjoyed watching ...