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CSIRO's research vessel (RV) Investigator departed Darwin for a 45-day voyage of biodiversity discovery in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean.

Chagos islanders cannot return home, UK Foreign Office confirms.

Tiger shark surprises scientists with epic trip around Australia.

Tiger shark surprises scientists with epic trip around Australia.

Australia sees record temperatures for fourth month in a row.

Reef sharks in remote Chagos archipelago hit by big population decline.

Twin cyclones force largest evacuation since Cyclone Tracey in 1974.

'Monstrous': Indigenous rangers' struggle against the plastic ruining Arnhem Land beaches.

Weatherwatch: cyclones batter southern hemisphere.

Australia moving 2,000 people from powerful cyclone's path.

Today, the Khaled BIN SULTAN Living Oceans Foundation published our findings on the state of coral reefs in the Chagos Archipelago. This research mission gave us the chance to study some of the most isolated and well-protected coral reefs in the world. Our research, based on thousands of scientific surveys, found reefs in the Chagos Archipelago were some of the most diverse and had a higher density of fish than all of the reefs studied on the Global Reef Expedition, the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history.