Christmas Island discovery redraws map of life Date: March 23, 2020 Source: University of Queensland Summary: The world's animal distribution map will need to be redrawn and textbooks updated ...

Wonder of the natural world: Key to Christmas Island's red crab migration discovered. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 17, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 08 / 100827102549.htm ...

Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company discovered Christmas Island on December 25, 1643. The date probably gives away why the island is called Christmas. advertisement.

One of the most spectacular migrations on Earth is that of the Christmas Island red crab. Acknowledged as one of the wonders of the natural world, every year millions of the crabs simultaneously ...

The red crab is only found on Christmas Island with a population of about 50 million, according to National Geographic. New study on worms : Long before hermit crabs, ...

Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkienesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters, writes Tim O'Hara.

Found around 190 miles off the coast of Indonesia sits an Australian-owned island that is so isolated it is home to many unique species of flora and fauna.

Christmas Island, Kiribati. ... Atlantic salmon, to the beaches of Baja Mexico to chase roosterfish, and to the jungles of Bolivia to battle newly discovered populations of golden dorado.

“Christmas Island is a strange and unique place, not just because of its geological history, but also its biological history,” Aitchison said. “We’re excited to see what other weird and ...

We’ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron Published: July 21, 2021 4:11pm EDT Tim O'Hara , Museums Victoria Research Institute ...