Wedge-tailed shearwaters surprised scientists by showing up after rats were eradicated on Tromelin Island—a place, in the Indian Ocean, where the seabirds hadn’t been documented breeding before.
The last rat on Tromelin Island—a small teardrop of scrubby sand in the western Indian Ocean near Madagascar—was killed in 2005. Rats had lived on the island for hundreds of rat generations. The ...
A Transall C-160 aricraft of France’s Forces armées dans la Zone-sud de l’océan Indien (FAZSOI) on Tromelin Island in 2013. The French presence in the Indian Ocean region began in the 17th century and ...
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The tiny French-owned island by Africa that was once home to dozens of shipwrecked slaves
Some 280 miles east of Madagascar lies the tiny flat island of Tromelin, once called the Isle of Sand, in the Indian Ocean.
With major powers like China and India asserting their ambitions in the Indian Ocean, France relies on partnerships with like-minded countries, including Mauritius, to maintain its influence. The ...
Story of a 1761 shipwreck off Tromelin Island in the Indian Ocean and the enslaved people of the ship who became castaways on the island. Currently, archaeological excavations are revealing how those ...
This tiny flat island was once home to a group of stranded enslaved people who remained there for 15 years before their rescue. Some 280 miles east of Madagascar lies the tiny flat island of Tromelin, ...
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