For all of the mysteries that remain about coral reefs, though, experts agree that climate change is an undisputed threat.

The administrative capital is Fonadhoo Island. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name. It is mostly rimmed by barrier reefs, the broadest of which are topped by islands. There are many ...

Located in one of the most remote corners of the Central Pacific is a small, uninhabited coral reef island known as Palmyra ...

For thousands of years, the people of Ulithi atoll have managed their reef atoll ecosystem using traditional knowledge. Wedged between Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea, they've used ...

These sharks are critically endangered, and they are usually a solitary species, which makes the phenomenon even more unusual ...

The Alphonse Group, which is flat, receives around 50% of the rain that the inner islands receive. Alphonse is home to a high ...

Image by Marzy Adalbai/ABC. For thousands of years, the people of Ulithi Atoll have managed their reef atoll ecosystem using traditional knowledge. Wedged between Japan, the Philippines, and Papua New ...

SEE: Before and after images/video of this Pacific island, destroyed and restored to be a breeding ground for sea turtles and ...

If you start at Hawaii and travel 1,000 miles south, you’ll run into a cluster of tiny islands known as islets that make up ...

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