Back 2 Basics Adventures on MSN

They came to a remote island to learn bush medicine… then an elder led them off the trail - "Stop. Come with me"

Deep in the remote Solomon Islands, a group of travelers leaves modern life behind to spend weeks living alongside a small ...
Back 2 Basics Adventures on MSN

They went into the Solomon Islands jungle hunting giant crabs... then one of them got too close - "Oh, don't bite me"

Deep in the Solomon Islands, a group of experienced watermen and local spearfishermen set out on an ambitious mission to ...
Hawaii Public Radio

Pacific News Minute: U.S. to return Peace Corps to Solomon Islands after 26 years

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit on March 7, 2026. Landau is also the acting director of the U.S. Peace Corps. The U.S.
Smithsonian Magazine

This Pacific Island Disappeared Under Rising Seas. A New Sculpture Marking the Spot Will Morph Into a Home for Seabirds, Coral and Marine Life

Now, to commemorate ten years since Kale was officially lost, a marine artist installed a new sculpture in the intertidal zone where sand intermittently peeks above the waves. The Solomon Siren by ...
komonews

Kenmore Air seaplane crashes near Sucia Island; all 11 aboard rescued

SUCIA ISLAND, Wash. — Emergency crews responded Thursday after a Kenmore Air seaplane went down in the water near Sucia Island in San Juan County. MORE PHOTOS: 11 survive fiery seaplane crash near ...
New Scientist

Exquisite sculpture points spotlight on a Pacific island that drowned

Climate and health activist Gladys Bartlett has been immortalised in a sculpture, The Solomon Siren – recently installed on her now-flooded former home: Kale Island in the Solomon Islands. Rising ...
WTOL

One man dead after water rescue near South Bass Island

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — A person is dead after a boat ran aground in Lake Erie near Starve Island, just south of South Bass Island, in Ottawa County early Saturday morning. The U.S. Coast Guard ...
WLOX

Nolan Wells’ mother requests that photos and videos from Horn Island on July 4 be sent to local authorities and her legal team

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Nolan Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, called for anyone with information, photos and videos from Horn Island on July 4 to share it with law enforcement and her legal team.
WDSU

Mississippi sheriff seeking photos, videos from Horn Island on day teen died

A Mississippi sheriff is asking for anyone who visited Horn Island the day a teen died to turn over any photos or videos taken to the department. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office's issued a new ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

What kind of boat was it that capsized in Geneva Lake?

Three children under 11 years old drowned July 3 after the boat they were on capsized during a powerful and fast-moving storm that wreaked destruction throughout Walworth County. The children, two ...
New York Post

Rare great white shark filmed feasting on camera for first time in Rhode Island waters

In a rare underwater view, a great white shark was spotted swimming off Block Island — marking what the Atlantic Shark Institute said may be the first time a white shark has ever been caught on camera ...