Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation on the frontline of the climate ... “If so, we’re just behaving like every other nation, driven solely by our national interest.” So while the international ...

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

The Pacific region has experienced devastating cyclones, storm surges, coral bleaching, and irregular rainfall patterns. Sea level rise threatens low-lying islands, where salt water infiltrates ...

Off Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, tiger sharks grow an average of two feet longer than those on the Great Barrier Reef. We've only started unraveling the mystery. Scientists have tracked ...

The National Geographic Society ... had caused coral die-offs across the Pacific. The corals in the southern Line Islands, though, were in such good shape in 2009 that we believed they might ...

He and his fellow scientific advisers to the Pacific Islands Forum recently published ... This past December, the United States-based National Association of Marine Laboratories—an organization ...

On a recent visit to Chile's Juan Fernández Islands, National Geographic photographer Andy ... unless you count the lapping of the South Pacific against the shore or the chirps of native ...