Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A thick layer of volcanic ash blanketed Tonga after new images showed the aftermath of Saturday's massive undersea volcanic ...

For roughly 1,700 years, Polynesian seafarers stopped at Samoa and Tonga. Then, in what became one of history’s most remarkable bursts of migration, they pushed east across the Pacific and settled ...

The Pacific nation of Tonga is made up of 170 islands, but it just welcomed its newest addition—thanks to an underwater volcano. Near the center of the nation's island formation lies the Home Reef ...

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the middle of the ocean hours after an underwater volcano erupted not far from Australia. Earlier this month, the underwater Home Reef volcano – found in the ...

The isolation of island states paradoxically makes them at once vulnerable but also resilient. With smaller populations and dependence on access through shipping or air routes, island states, ...

A thick layer of volcanic ash covered Tonga on Tuesday as the first images emerged from the Pacific island nation since it was hit by a massive undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami. Subscribe to ...