The world is home to some unusual islands, from Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada), Brazil, known for its high concentration of venomous snakes, to Scotora, Yemen, with its alien-like landscape, to the ...

Tangier Island in Virginia — one of the last inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay — is under threat from rising sea levels and climate change. This small Virginia island could be underwater before ...

As the ferry approaches Tangier, Captain Steven Thomas tells a well-rehearsed history of the island, where crabbing has shaped the culture. He points out a handful of tiny buildings on stilts in the ...