I’ve already dodged a couple of giant tortoises along the white sand path on my morning walk from the research station on Picard Island to the lagoon, but now I’m stopped in my tracks to admire one of ...

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest legacy would be what happened after the war. 80 years after Iwo Jima, his ...

If you watched my previously-recommended documentary about ocean-crossing Polynesians, here is a terrific book with even more ...