No one knows why. Roanoke is a low, narrow island between the mainland and the islands of the Outer Banks.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

That is sound recorded with equipment placed underwater near the busy shipping lanes off Vancouver Island in Canada.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

One island in Vermont, Isle La Motte, is known for its prehistoric geological formations.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Roanoke Island is off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, in North Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

At the northern end of the island is the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

The project is now called the Paul S.Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

She is standing on the front of a ship facing the strong island winds.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Each island is home to a rich collection of animal and plant life.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

This is Mary Tillotson. And this is Steve Ember. to tiny Howland Island Join us again next week for another EXPLORATIONS program on the VOICE OF AMERICA.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Sri Lanka is an island of twenty-one million people in the Indian Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The island is expected to grow by another two hundred thirty-three hectares.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

The piece is four times bigger than Manhattan Island in New York.

VOA: special.2010.08.14

The only town on Nantucket Island also is called Nantucket.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

Rhode Island's nickname is Little Rhody because of its size.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The winner for Islands and Island Nations is Yuyun Ismawati.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Poplar Island is in the process of rebirth.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Jeanette Berringer is a zookeeper in Rhode Island.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

The very top of the wire drawing represents the only part of the ocean landscape that can be seen on the surface of the water: It is Bouvet Island, one of the most isolated islands in the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Collecting food and medical supplies is a common tool for many Cuban-Americans to offer person-to-person assistance to people on the island.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The island population is estimated by the UN at over half a million, with an equal number of Cape Verdeans living abroad.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Leone is full of churches, including the first on the island, a Congregational church founded by a British missionary in the 1800s.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

The latest victim on Palm Island of the H1N1 virus is a pregnant woman, who lost her unborn child after contracting the disease.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24