The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote ... For decades only a single atoll, Diego Garcia, has had any inhabitants. Yet as coral reef ecologist Alexandra Dempsey explored the atolls ...

We predicted that hawksbills tracked in our study would probably migrate to shallow coral reefs around the seven atolls of the Chagos archipelago. Many studies have shown the pristine nature of ...

With British PM Keir Starmer seeking ‘strong protections’ for the US-British base on Diego Garcia, the Chagos Archipelago is ...

The UK and Mauritius said they’ve made ‘good progress’ in a round of talks to settle the sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, including the stewardship of a key US ...

Britain split the islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained independence, and called the Chagos archipelago the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The joint statement released this morning said: 'Representatives from Mauritius and the UK held further productive discussions in London this week on the future of the Chagos Archipelago.

Chagos Archipelago, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Other geographic highlights include Atlantic and Antarctic material. A largely historic collection, the non-reef corals are from ...

The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the intentions of major powers’ relations with small island nations.

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. However, Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, who was elected in November, has questioned the deal agreed by his predecessor ...

The UK has asked for "strong protections" for a joint UK-US military base on the Chagos Islands. Britain agreed last year to hand over the archipelago over to Mauritius after a decades-long dispute.

the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, under a 99-year lease - an agreement that needs to be ratified. Since then, an ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and new ...