The seal population has increased from about 4,000, considered nearly extinct, in the late 1980s to about 50,000.

The gray seals slide out of their cages into the Baltic Sea near the Lithuanian coast, swimming off to new lives imperiled by climate change, pollution and shrinking fish stocks.

From the frozen fjords of Norway to the tropical allure of Indonesia, the countries with the most islands reveal just how ...

Years of joint training with U.S. soldiers on a highly sought-after precision strike weapon came to the crowning achievement ...

The Baltic Sea is better known than the North Sea for highlighting the vulnerability of the alliance's critical undersea ...

In Lithuania, baby seals have been released into the Baltic Sea after being abandoned by their mother and taken into care by scientists. More and more seals are being abandoned by their mothers in the ...

International maritime law does not allow to stop and search vessels on the high seas just like that, but other loopholes can ...

This rocky island may be Europe's quirkiest borderland. It's shared by two countries, barely inhabited, and small enough to ...

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The giant swirls are collectively one of the best examples of this ...

Fears have revived that Russia will move on other near neighbours. Here’s how those nations preparing for the worst.

The 20th Island Games being held in Orkney brings people together from the smaller isles around Britain and some distant ...

It didn’t start out that way, though. Built in 1962 to carry freight on the Baltic Sea, the barkentine was converted into a luxury three-mast passenger ship in 2006.