In 1965, shortly before granting Mauritius independence, Britain separated the Chagos Islands, renaming them the British Indian Ocean Territory, and paying £3 million to Mauritius. The following ...

A humpback whale tethered to the sea floor by a rope was rescued off the coast of Australia after a local fisherman spotted the animal in distress, video shows.

It is believed Eddie the echidna got stranded on the northern tip of Bribie Island due to ocean breakthroughs. The animal ended up in veterinary care after swimming to the mainland.

The governments of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have announced their commitment to create a massive multinational Melanesian Ocean Reserve. If implemented as envisioned, the reserve would ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga., June 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer's officially begun on Jekyll Island and families are flocking to the Jekyll Island Club and Ocean Club Resorts to land the ...

Belize, a nation on the front lines of ocean conservation, made a significant impact at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3), held in Nice, France, last week. Led by Prime Minister John ...

Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt has spoken of the shared global leadership on international ocean policy between Australia and Pacific Island neighbours. This work was motivated by a desire ...

As a biodiversity hotspot, Socotra was once the preserve of intrepid archaeologists and die-hard birders—but now, its alien landscapes and Jurassic-era flora are luring a new crowd.

"It's worrying," Wickham says during a break in the meetings. "It's hard to imagine tuna leaving archipelagos and being purely high seas." Nearly 10% of the Solomon Islands' government revenue is tied ...

With one day remaining before the conclusion of the Third UN Ocean Conference, delegates in Nice are preparing for the adoption of the summit's eagerly anticipated political declaration. Small island ...

Worldwide, an estimated 19.4 billion pounds of plastic wind up in the ocean each year, a 2015 study found. Beyond remote islands, ocean currents carry bits of plastic to other unexpected places, too.

Ocean plastic has turned up literally everywhere. It has been found in the deep sea and buried in Arctic ice. It has been ingested with dire consequences by some 700 species of marine wildlife.