This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It was the time called itingaaro, the dawn twilight, when the island was just waking up and the roosters were vying ...

Scaly sailors may have made a record-setting oceanic voyage. Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea ...

The World Bank’s Pacific Economic Update provides a twice-yearly assessment of 11 Pacific island economies: Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, ...

The Pacific Islands Pageant was established by the Samoa government in 1987 to promote the region's culture, and contestants are judged on best sarong, traditional attire, talent and interview ...