A 2022 satellite photo shows smoke rising from a caldera on Tofua, highlighting the "looming threat" of the volcanic island.

The number of cases of dengue fever in Tonga continues to rise, the island's health ministry says. The Tongan government ...

She says the current sovereignty upheld in Tonga's government and constitution is Westphalian, stemming from the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. "So it stems from Europe. It's not a sovereignty that is ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Tonga is a land of endless beauty that marches to the beat of its own dream and is a unique island country offering a host of delights for those brave enough to make the long journey to get there.

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central ...

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride ...

Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of 12.2 hectares ...

Genetic evidence suggests that the reptiles somehow managed millions of years ago to make an ocean crossing from North ...

Other islands aside from Fiji and Tonga could also have harbored iguanas, Scarpetta noted, but it is the nature of volcanic ...

A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...