Nearly all are large, tropical islands with complex topography and a long history of ... Guinea (8,793 endemic species), Borneo (5,765), Cuba (2,679) and New Caledonia (2,493).

Nearly all are large, tropical islands with complex topography and a long history of ... Guinea (8,793 endemic species), Borneo (5,765), Cuba (2,679) and New Caledonia (2,493).

possibly Cuba). They are also diverse in terms of physical landscape (topography), soils, and thus habitats, and because their tropical position protected them from being overrun by ice sheets.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 is gaining strength in the western Caribbean and is on the brink of becoming a tropical storm within the next few ...

HAVANA — Some progress has been made in reestablishing power throughout Cuba, but most of the island remained in the dark Saturday after the electrical grid collapsed twice in 24 hours.

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

HAVANA/WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - In Cuba, all eyes are on the U.S. presidential election. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have said little about the ...

Cuba's government said it was working again to reestablish electrical service across the island after state-run media earlier on Saturday reported the national grid had collapsed for a second time ...

Cuba's government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country's major power plants failed and left millions without electricity in an outage that ...

As Cuba’s electrical grid shut down Friday, leaving millions of Cubans without power nationwide hours after the government declared an “energy emergency,” authorities have not said when the ...

Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said. The ...