While most national capitals are centrally located within the continental mainland of their countries, a fascinating ...

The more than 45 million people of the North East live with the disadvantage of distance with peninsular India, which they call the “mainland” because of its insular view of their region.

AS the new deputy assistant secretary for insular and international affairs of the U.S. Department of the Interior, former Rep. Angel A. Demapan said he is committed to working closely with CNMI ...

4 Giantism, dwarfism, and behavioral changes One of the most fascinating features of island biota is their size differences and behavioral changes compared to their mainland counterparts. Foster’s ...

The present work provides an inventory of the arthropods recorded in two coastal grasslands ecosystems: the Portugal mainland and the Azores. Sampling was conducted on São Miguel Island (Azores ...

Birds and mammals that live on islands often have a much slower metabolism than their closest relatives on the mainland. They also produce offspring later. This slow way of life makes it difficult ...

This diminutive creature is the world's smallest lizard, its existence on the mainland somewhat defying the insular dwarfism process.

In a letter to members of Congress, a Justice Department official said the agency "unequivocally condemns the racist rhetoric and reasoning of the Insular Cases." ...

Here, we synthesise the current knowledge on responses of a wide range of biological groups to insular fragmentation at Balbina. Sampling has largely concentrated on a set of 22 islands and three ...

Variation in isolation duration among the populations can, therefore, mimic the process of insular settlement. The present study focused on extant and extinct populations of deer from the islands and ...

A large number of people in Bangladesh, especially in the coastal areas, are still deprived of on-grid electricity power, especially in the country's coastal islands and hilly regions. Getting the ...