The Cocos (Keeling) Islands lie in the eastern Indian Ocean, about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northwest of the Australian city of Perth. Comprised of coral atolls and islands, the archipelago ...

Light-up fish and ancient volcanic structures are among the discoveries of a new expedition to map the remote Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Few tropical archipelagos are quite as beautiful, remote and appealingly quirky as the Cocos Islands, said Ruaridh Nicoll in the Financial Times (FT). Isolated in the Indian Ocean 660 miles south of ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A spiderfish, a blind eel, and a deep-sea batfish are among the incredible creatures recently discovered in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. The ...

"Communities on Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands will now be supported by our world-class Emergency WA warning system. "This partnership ensures residents and visitors can receive ...

A survey of plastic pollution on Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands has revealed the territory's beaches are littered with an estimated 414 million pieces of plastic debris. The study led by IMAS ...

AUSTRALIA -- New research published Thursday estimates that roughly 414 million pieces of trash have washed ashore on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The research was published in the Scientific Reports ...

An estimated 570,000 hermit crabs become trapped and die in plastic containers on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Henderson Island each year, according to a new study. Accumulated plastics on ...

Almost one million shoes and over 370,000 toothbrushes – they’re among the 414 million pieces of plastic found washed ashore on the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, according to new ...