The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic ... Kei Islands. Leatherbacks are the largest of the seven sea turtle species and one of the most imperiled. The West Pacific ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

An aquatic adventure in the western Pacific ... course through the island nation thought to have been settled some 4,000 years ago. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller ...

In the lead-up to the MPA’s creation, National Geographic’s Pristine Seas team led by marine biologist Enric Sala, in collaboration the Marshall Islands ... cover in the central and western ...

Guests reach Spirit Bear Lodge by flying from Vancouver to the small airport at Bella Bella (scheduled for 90 minutes but it can take longer), then transfering to a boat for a two-hour journey north ...

The Marshall Islands declared on Tuesday its first national marine sanctuary, which protects a "pristine" expanse of the Pacific Ocean that is home to deep-sea sharks and green turtles. Like many ...

Leader of Cook Islands ... cover issues including trade, climate, tourism and infrastructure. “This visit is about expanding economic opportunities while ensuring our sovereignty and national ...

By Shanna Hanbury The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one ...

Marshall Islands yesterday declared its first national marine sanctuary, protecting a “pristine” expanse of tropical Pacific Ocean home to deep-sea sharks and green turtles. Like many Pacific islands, ...

Mono Lake, located in California near Yosemite National Park, is one of North ... On the south coast of the Big Island of ...