In 2007 Filip Staes placed first in the compact category in the Our World Underwater competition, co-hosted by DivePhotoGuide and Wetpixel. His prize was a trip to Komodo with Kararu. He reports on...
A team of international researchers have discovered the existence of an ocean floor was destroyed 50 to 20 million years ago, proving that New Caledonia and New Zealand are geographically connected
Healthy coral reefs provide their adjacent coasts with substantially more protection from destructive tsunami waves than do unhealthy or dead reefs, a Princeton University study suggests....
Fringed by palms, lapped by warm water and surrounded by pristine coral reefs, the 300 islands that make up the Fijian archipelago are the very picture of paradise.
The volcanic islands are a...
The Pacific Ocean kingdom of Tonga has a new island, but its size seems to be dwindling by the day.
In August, a passing yacht reported seeing floating chunks of pumice near the underwater Home...
Those worried that a holiday in the Canary Islands might be interrupted by a devastating collapse of the volcanic island of La Palma and an ensuing tsunami can relax. According to researchers in...
In 1992 the authors "initiated a monitoring program that includes 13 islands (eight atolls and five high volcanic islands) in four of the five archipelagoes in French Polynesia, with the goal...
