Crystal clear waters and fine white sands framed by sweeping palm trees, the beaches in Mauritius are hard to top. The island ...

A Japanese bulk carrier struck a coral reef off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilling about 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil and triggering a state of 'environmental emergency'.

The spill didn't happen immediately. The MV Wakashio became stuck when it collided with the coral reef about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) off the Mauritius coast.

Satellite imagery captures the dramatic efforts to protect the coast of the tropical Indian Ocean island of Mauritius from a Japanese freighter that ran ashore and started leaking oil last week.

MAURITIUS has declared a state of emergency after at least 1,000 tonnes of oil poured into the Indian Ocean when a Japanese ship ran aground on a reef. Here is a map of the spill and the impact ...

The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius is on the brink of an environmental catastrophe after a bulk carrier struck a coral reef off its coast in late July, an accident that has led to a large ...