By OpenFalklands<br /> <br /> This post examines the latest milestone in Ascension Island’s telecommunications story, set against the accelerating global adoption of Starlink and its relevance for the ...

The view from Command Hill on Ascension Island. Photo: Lance Cheung/Creative Commons Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook,Tumblr, or follow us on ...

The lonely Ascension Island in the middle of the South Atlantic, and closely linked to the Falkland Islands (*) conceals Charles Darwin's best-kept secret. Two hundred years ago, it was a barren ...

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 ...

The UK government intended to introduce a five year trial which would see asylum seekers sent to Rwanda via a one way ticket, where they could claim asylum. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ...

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 ...

Ministers are drawing up proposals to send Channel migrants to Ascension Island if the Rwanda scheme falters. As part of a radical 'Plan B', believed to be in its very early stages, illegal migrants ...

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 ...

A man punched a shark after it attacked his wife while the couple were snorkeling off Ascension Island. The shark bit the woman on the leg as they were swimming near the British territory off the ...