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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 ...

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 ...

Understanding people's attitudes to interactions with sharks could help halt the global decline of shark numbers, according to new research carried out on Ascension Island. In 2017, there were two non ...

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 ...

AT THE top of Green Mountain, the central peak of Ascension Island, there is a small pond, dotted with lilies, shadowed to one side by the fronds of a pandan tree. It is the only open body of fresh ...

The runway at Georgetown Wideawake Airport on Ascencion Island will be repaired by 2022 allowing AirTanker-operated A 330-200 flights to return, Fluor, the company which won the contract, said in a ...

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Ascension Island is home to the marlin species of fish The government is to create a marine reserve almost as big as the UK in the Atlantic waters of Ascension Island. Just over half of the protected ...

Fred Pearce (US and UK accused of 'squeezing life out of' Ascension Island, 12 September) misrepresents the government's position. The claim that Britain is uprooting families to make way for a US ...