More than 600 enslaved people sought freedom in the 1860s by joining a Union general's march across the Florida Panhandle. Part of the path they traveled on Santa Rosa Island was accepted into the ...

SANTA ROSA, Peru — A remote island on the Amazon River — now the subject of a territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia — has a single paved road for a main street, which is home to more ...

Charles Healey embodies quite the impressive triad: He is a Santa Barbara local, a recently published young author, and a link to Santa Rosa Island’s often-unknown history of cattle ranching and ...

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. -- Coastal erosion is a decades-long problem on the northern end of Santa Rosa Island. The erosion is threatening waterfront properties and infrastructure. Now, authorities are ...

Deep within Scorpion Canyon, on the southeast fringe of Santa Cruz Island, the nights arrive quickly during the winter. The sun sits lower on the horizon never allowing for much warmth to penetrate ...

SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) — Santa Rosa is a small island in the middle of the Amazon River. It has just one paved road, no running water and a health post ill-equipped for emergencies. Despite its ...

SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) — Rain or shine, every weekday from March to December, boat owner Salvador Mitidieri ferries students from the shore of the Amazon River in Brazil to the only primary school in ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. -- There's a new push to ban offshore oil or gas drilling off Northwest Florida. The Santa Rosa Island Authority is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution supporting a ...

Searching for dwarf foxes and cloud forests on California's Santa Rosa Island. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- For weeks, I had been promising my kids they would see baby foxes.

Even from afar, the large grove of green trees stands out against the landscape of Santa Rosa Island. Their lush color and distinct height distinguish them from the island’s otherwise shrub-filled and ...