F rom the air, the tiny island of Ascension looks almost lost in the vastness of the South Atlantic Ocean. The tip of a volcano that sits solidly on the seabed some 1.8 miles below, it peeks ...

Image caption, Turtle on Ascension Island beach That long view is extending to the marine environment. For most of the 500 years human beings have been visiting Ascension, turtles have been dinner.

NEIL DERBYSHIRE: Charles Darwin, who made a brief stop in 1836, described it as 'hideous'. From my own experience (I visited the island some years ago), I'd say that is slightly unfair.

BC/ISR engineers Ted Beach and Matt Proctor traveled to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in early December to install a new set of BC-built receivers and antennae on Ascension Island. The equipment ...

After a few weather-related delays, BC/ISR scientists Ted Beach, Dima Paznukhov, & Matt Proctor were able to travel to Ascension Island (in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean) for upgrading and ...

Officially, Ascension Island is part of the territory of St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha. The three islands together are presided over by a governor appointed by King Charles.