Many of the New World colonies – notably the US – won their independence in the 18th century, causing European powers to focus their attentions on South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

The 13 original colonies of the United States were the foundation of what would become a new nation, born from a blend of ambition, conflict and compromise. These colonies stretched along the Atlantic ...

A new life in the New World offered a glimmer of hope; this explains how one-half to two-thirds of the immigrants who came to the American colonies arrived as indentured servants. Servants ...

The homeless and the unemployed turned their hopes to the New World. Throughout the 17th century, between half and two-thirds of all white immigrants to the American colonies came as indentured ...

The colonies were described in a new paper published in the journal Antarctic Science on Saturday. Standing up to four feet tall, emperors are the largest species of penguins in the world.

Four new emperor penguin colonies have been identified ... the long-term viability of the species in an ever-warming world. Colonies are identified by the brown staining of their excrement on ...

Emperor colonies are spaced about 250km (155 miles) apart, on average Four new emperor penguin colonies ... they now know the whereabouts of all the world's remaining breeding pairs.