On the fifth day after the burial of their chief, Seru Moce, 66, and other clan members gathered for a meeting to decide what ...

The seriousness of the heatwave's impact is beginning to sink in as parts of Australia's biggest fringing reef, a 260-kilometre long system between Exmouth and Carnarvon in Western Australia ...

It started off as a slice of American pie in the outback, but has now become a tourist destination better known for its ...

Off- the-beaten-track places are harder to find than ever, particularly when you can fly straight there, but Espiritu Santo ...

CORAL reefs are divided into three classes, fringing, barrier and atoll. A fringing reef forms a terrace at the low tide level, extending out from the coast of any land, while a barrier reef is a ...

It’s one of the most accessible in the world. An almost 300 kilometers (180 miles) long fringing reef you don’t have to get to by boat, you can just walk off the beach.” Widespread bleaching ...

Just beyond the motus lies the Rangiroa’s fringing reef, and beyond that the deep blue waves of the Pacific Ocean. Blacktip reef sharks frequent shallow lagoons in French Polynesia. Our guide ...

A fringing reef offers near-transparent water full of fish. When cruise ships come to town, impromptu souvenir stands open, but today all I can find is a simple seafood restaurant: a timber shack ...

FPAs differ in size and practice but can stretch from shoreline to fringing reefs and tend to ban fishing and harvesting of many species for 100 nights after they are declared. From 1960 to 2019 ...

Exmouth is the gateway to the world’s largest fringing reef system, Ningaloo Reef. Western Australia’s premier underwater amusement park stretches 260 kilometres along the north-west coast.