A HOT DRY WIND blew as I waited for a pickup at the airport. “There is no respect for punctuality on Ikaria,” I would be told later, and this was delightfully true. One of the more remote ...

Enjoyed in small amount, red wine has been found to increase longevity. Try these wines from Ikaria, Greece if you want to get in on the benefits. Rumor has it that Ikaria was the birth place of ...

In the golden haze of a September afternoon, my pulse races as I scramble over wind-scarred granite rocks and drop into lichen-draped holm oak woods in Magganitis on Ikaria’s southwest coast.

There's no magic bullet to living beyond the age of 100. But some places are on the right track. National Geographic writer Dan Buettner seeks out "Blue Zones," a few pockets around the world ...

IKARIA, GREECE—At a mini-market on the Greek island of Ikaria, I study the labels on various items, trying to decipher their meaning. It’s been three days since I left my Greek husband back in ...

Residents of Ikaria stay healthy well into their 90s and even 100s with very little risk of Alzheimer’s, dementia or any other diseases of old age. But something frightening happens when you ...