Some islands are popular warm-weather tourist destinations packed with hotels, restaurants, and crowded beaches. Others are so isolated that only a handful of people live there year-round. Instead of ...

New research in Indonesia shows that small islands, often considered extinction hotspots, can act as crucial refuges for rare mammals like the anoa and babirusa, which face severe threats from ...

Animal populations on small islands are often thought to be unlikely to survive in the long term. Continued exploitation of small islands—such as mining in Raja Ampat, West Papua—poses a serious ...

Small-island populations are thriving in their small numbers. Small islands can be natural refugia for endangered megafauna. Protecting ecosystems on small islands is crucial for national conservation ...