From the 1820s to 1978, members of the Clunie-Ross family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the ...

Like many island nations, Cocos Islands – a group of 27 small atolls that lie 2,936km (1,824 miles) west of Australia – are increasingly threatened by coastal erosion and rising sea levels ...

While the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are about to mark the 40th anniversary of a vote to integrate with Australia, longstanding issues of inequality make the milestone far from celebratory.

Cocos Island, situated off the coast of Central America, is popularly supposed to be thickly planted with bags of treasure, left there by the ancient bucaneers and freebooters who plundered the ...

Home Cocos (Keeling) Islands add-on Bird & Nature Week 2023. Cocos (Keeling) Islands add-on Bird & Nature Week 2023. Discover the pristine turquoise waters surrounding the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.