French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that ...

North Island is a luxury resort that aims to find a balance between opulence and the great outdoors. It’s located about 15 ...

When we think of African nations, it's easy to overlook smaller countries, especially those scattered across the Indian Ocean ...

China’s growing deployment of survey vessels in the Indian Ocean underscores a reality only recently acknowledged in the ...

The Chagos Agreement is not only a diplomatic achievement, but also a “contractual transposition” of the decisions of international courts and tribunals. The Agreement acknowledges that the detachment ...

A security specialist in the Western Indian Ocean sees how countries work together to counter the threat of a massive oil spill.

The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's touristy Nyali ...

They were braving the wind and choppy Indian Ocean waves as they mock up the onshore response to a simulated oil spill at sea.

A new study by an international team of researchers has revealed the huge role Indian Ocean fisheries play in feeding the world and supporting nutritional security.

I have spent much of my life studying predatory fishes in East Africa’s coastal waters, but never have I been more concerned about their future. The disappearance of the western Indian Ocean’s ...

Rather than replicating China's model of overwhelming capital infusion, the India–UAE–Sri Lanka partnership offers a more equitable and potentially replicable model.

Four small coral islands, an atoll and a reef in the Indian Ocean are at the centre of geopolitical tensions between France and Madagascar.