Lauren Beldi

Antarctica was once the temporary home of only the toughest explorers and dedicated scientists but tourism has steadily grown in recent decades. Some are concerned about the environmental impact.

There are places where mail can only be received during a particular season, while senders at one secluded location rely on the kindness of strangers to get their mail delivered.

If you thought the smartphone and Facebook marked the end of snail mail and handwritten diaries, you were wrong.

Donald Trump is the first US leader in 118 years not to own a dog — but his lauding of Conan the military canine has drawn attention to the White House’s quirky history with resident pets.

Following a nuclear explosion killing five scientists in early August, the spotlight has been thrust on Russian cities the Government doesn't want you to know about. Here's a brief look at them.

It might be on the other side of the world to Paris, but French Polynesia intends to put its hand up to hold the surfing competition in Tahiti for the 2024 Olympic Games.

As HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries wrapped up in Australia this week, there were reports bookings for tours of the infamous nuclear disaster site were skyrocketing — here’s what you should and shouldn’t do if you go.

A team investigating a plane wreck in the Pacific Ocean believes it may be linked to the disappearance of famous aviator Amelia Earhart — but it’s just one of a number of competing theories.

When you think of places a comic book hero might turn up, the tribal war shields of the Papua New Guinea highlands are probably not what springs to mind.

Once considered the hallmark of criminals and the mafia, attitudes to tattoos in Japan are slowly relaxing ahead of an influx of rugby fans and players.

The Papua New Guinean Government sparks anger by purchasing 40 custom-made Maserati cars — specially flown in from Italy — for leaders during APEC, at a time when PNG is seeing a resurgence of polio.

Around the world, many people choose to live near active volcanoes, and are often quick to relocate even if the situation is not entirely safe yet — why?

Welfare workers in PNG say parents are selling or abandoning their children just so they can get by, with one child protection officer reporting he was approached by a woman willing to trade her baby girl for $600.

The sudden appearance of a lone mallard on the tiny Pacific island of Niue has locals puzzled, and for a very good reason — there are no ducks on Niue.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been flowing into Nauru courtesy of Australia’s detention facility. But as refugees leave and the money dries up, there are concerns over just where the tiny Pacific island country can turn for income.

A ban on Chinese tourists to the tiny Pacific nation of Palau is leaving hotels empty, an airline in limbo and shown the power China has over its vacationing middle class.

One of Fiji's largest coral and rock exporters is left in shock after the island nation's Government announced a ban on the export of live rocks and corals in a Facebook post.

A grassroots group in Bougainville is calling on the international community to support the relocation of about 1,700 people from the Carteret Islands, before rising seas swallow their land forever.