Because of time zones, the New Year doesn’t arrive everywhere at once. Some countries welcome it hours earlier, while others are the last to ring it in.

Giant clam populations in American Sāmoa are far more stable and abundant than previously thought thanks to the help of local ...

Discover how an NC State professor unlocked the secret of transforming the humble tropical shrub into the vibrant Christmas ...

It uses the U.S. dollar, your phone charger will work, English is widely spoken — and it's a tropical paradise. Yet fewer than 4,500 tourists flew to American Samoa last year, the only U.S. real ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --In American Samoa, the ocean is life -- but that life is under siege. The U.S. territory, marooned in the heart of the Pacific, faces a triple threat of climate change, industrial ...

In early August, in the village of Utulei on the eastern shore of Tatuila, the largest of seven islands that make up American Samoa, more than two dozen local residents gathered in an auditorium. They ...

The Field Museum of Natural History is famous for its archaeological and anthropological collections representing every corner of the globe. A new exhibit honoring the culture of American Samoa is now ...

SPRING, Texas – As families prepare to mark Independence Day, some in Spring are dealing with heartbreak and disbelief. At Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, mourners say personal items left to honor ...

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it was publishing a request for information and interest to explore the potential for seabed mineral leasing offshore ...

WHITTIER, Alaska — Squeezed between glacier-packed mountains and Alaska’s Prince William Sound, the cruise-ship stop of Whittier is isolated enough that it’s reachable by just a single road, through a ...