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 ...

Residents of the islands clean up following heavy rain and winds brought by Tropical Cyclone Jenna, less than two weeks ...

IT’S likely that you’ve heard very little or nothing about this incredible Australian destination, which is being called our “last unspoilt paradise”. I wouldn’t have been able to tell you much about ...

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 ...

The cyclone named Grant formed on Tuesday morning, December 23, as a category 1 system around 395 east of the Cocos Islands, reported the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). Maximum wind speeds are sitting ...

Tropical Cyclone Grant is expected to pass close to Cocos (Keeling) Islands from this evening, bringing heavy rainfall and damaging winds. It comes as much of WA swelters through a heatwave, with the ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A remote Australian island close to an Indian Ocean chokepoint for Chinese oil shipments is on a list of possible locations for U.S. military construction aimed at detering ...

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 119, no. 4. siris_sil_353414 ...