Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

These massive reptiles lived on most islands in the Indian Ocean until 17th-century sailors ... with their heads and necks exposed on Aldabra Atoll, where they don’t fear predators.

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

the tiny atoll of Diego Garcia, in the heart of the Indian Ocean. I was the operations officer, in charge of topside maintenance, communications, navigation, signals intelligence and supervision ...

Despite sea level rise in the Western Indian Ocean, more than 60% of Aldabra Atoll's shoreline remained unchanged from 1960 to 2011, based on aerial and satellite image analysis. On average ...

One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...

We travelled to breathtaking coral atolls, free-dived with dozens of ... source of the piracy epidemic that plagues the western Indian Ocean. It’s also increasingly becoming a source of ...

There is a long history of research experiments to generate earthquakes, tsunamis and climate disasters. As Partick J. Kiger wrote Between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 23 nuclear weapons ...

A far-flung nation of more than a thousand islands in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is known for the beauty of its sand-fringed atolls and the vibrant marine life that surrounds them. These ...