Called Swallow Reef, the atoll is a ring of life that drops off more than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) ... we could hear the maddening bong of distant driving every five seconds.

Vessel Mu Du Bong was headed to small port in Veracruz to pick up a load of fertilizer when it hit a reef roughly 12 kilometers from port.

The 130-metre Mu Du Bong grounded on a reef about 11km from the Mexican port of Tuxpan, according to shipping officials. The task of pulling it off the reef would be complicated and take several ...

Vietnam resolutely opposes China’s installation of a new structure in Bong Bay (Bombay) Reef in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and demands China to immediately end the operation and not ...

The North Korean freighter Mu Du Bong sits moored along the Tuxpan River at the Gulf of Mexico port of Tuxpan on April 21, 2015. The freighter ran aground on an offshore reef nine months ago, and ...

The reef hosts 79 species of hard corals, 26 species of soft corals, and at least 100 species of reef fish, ... Image by Bong S. Sarmiento for Mongabay. A vital ecosystem.

Mr Sheather and two mates from Vanauatu, Kekly Tari and Dexter Bong, were last seen swimming in the direction of the Barnard Island group. They have not been seen since.