Examples of illegal wildlife trafficking in the Indian Ocean In 2019, Eddy Maminirina was arrested in Madagascar for his connection to illegal rosewood trade. It is alleged that 100 million Malagasy ...

Yi-Kai Tea recently returned from a 35-day expedition to explore the deep seas surrounding a new marine park in the Indian Ocean. They gathered thousands of specimens.

A lot has been happening in the Indian Ocean in recent years, with new hotels, wildlife breaks, private island escapes and tours offering the inside scoop on local culture. From Tanzania to Sri ...

A year-long study finds the animals have returned in the part of the Indian Ocean where they were previously hunted in the 1960s, now that it has become a safer environment for them.

In 1997, almost 60 years after the West Indian Ocean coelacanth's rediscovery, scientists found another coelacanth species in Indonesia. Known locally as 'raja laut' ('king of the sea'), it was ...

A handful of Four Seasons properties across Africa and the Indian Ocean are now offering guests a chance to participate in conservation initiatives meant protect the planet and its wildlife. The ...

Before human arrival, islands of the western Indian Ocean were dominated by giant tortoises weighing about 200kg (440lb), according to a new study that sheds more light on the past diversity of ...

Images were released earlier this month of several previously unknown fish discovered in the Indian Ocean off of Australia's remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park.

A project to map the Indian Ocean’s seagrass, a carbon sink more powerful than terrestrial forest, will enable participating countries to protect the habitat, according to the groups initiating ...