THE BOTTOM, Saba — The small propeller airplane lands quickly and softly, like a butterfly, on one of the world’s shortest commercial runways on the rainforest-capped island of Saba, which rises ...

To many, the Galápagos' charm lies with its abundance of land-roaming creatures. But for adventurers interested in the wildlife found beneath its turquoise waves, the Galápagos' surrounding waters are ...

Another world, foreign in time and culture to most Long Islanders, lies as close as the sandy shores at low tide. Scuba divers know it well — crustacean-encrusted canons from a Revolutionary War time ...

Scolopendra subspinipes is a species of large centipede found throughout the subtropical regions of the world, from Asia to the Caribbean. Particularly aggressive, it can grow up to eight inches long ...