With golden beaches, huge jungles and few tourists, this island is a cheap, quiet alternative to Jamaica and Saint Lucia.

Wander amidst the faded colonial splendor of Sao Tome, the capital of Sao Tome and Principe, and it’s easy to be charmed by the African city’s laid back, tropical simplicity. Traders jostle to sell ...

Landing at the airport on the tiny West African island of Príncipe, the plane seems to skim the top of the dense jungle canopy, almost like a pebble skipping the surface of the water. Runway and shack ...

There are many islands that have unique flora and fauna, like Madagascar, the Galapagos, or the islands of the Gulf of Guinea, where limbless burrowing amphibians called caecilians live. Researchers ...

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A new study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth. The research adds evidence to a century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 10, 2021) -- The Gulf of Guinea islands harbor an abundance of species found nowhere else on Earth. But for over 100 years, scientists have wondered whether or not a population ...