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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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Editor's note: There’s a fascinating natural ...

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 ...

The Government is reportedly considering reviving plans to fly people who arrive to the UK by unauthorised means to Ascension Island. Multiple reports say ministers and officials are considering the ...

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 ...

Ascension Island, a small volcanic island in the southern Atlantic Ocean, has been picked by Home Secretary Suella Braverman as a fullback option to house Britain's illegal migrants - should the ...