By OpenFalklands<br /> <br /> This post examines the latest milestone in Ascension Island’s telecommunications story, set ...

“We have the second largest turtle colony in the Atlantic Ocean,” says Johnny Hobson, the island's dentist who has lived on the island for 31 years. (Pic ALAMY) There are other planes that land: at ...

The view from Command Hill on Ascension Island. Photo: Lance Cheung/Creative Commons Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook,Tumblr, or follow us on ...

The UK government intended to introduce a five year trial which would see asylum seekers sent to Rwanda via a one way ticket, where they could claim asylum. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ...

Ministers are drawing up proposals to send Channel migrants to Ascension Island if the Rwanda scheme falters. As part of a radical 'Plan B', believed to be in its very early stages, illegal migrants ...

The rediscovery of a fern, long thought to be extinct, is part of a rescue effort to save the plants of the tiny UK overseas territory of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic – a fitting success ...

THIS island is so remote that it lies 1600km from the nearest continent. Sinners and the sick were dropped off here years ago, and now it’s home to some very strange sights. Measuring 88 square ...

The rediscovery of a fern, long thought to be extinct, is part of a rescue effort to save the highly threatened, endemic plants of the tiny UK overseas territory of Ascension Island in the South ...

For the first time in living memory, young boobies, tropical gannet-like sea birds, are due to fledge from Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic. The first flight, due this month, is good news for ...