A breathtaking island haven in the Indian Ocean has been likened to the Maldives for its natural splendour, yet remains remarkably free from tourist crowds. Reunion Island, a French overseas territory ...

In 1512 Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas, identified a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar as the Mascarene islands (modern-day Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues). The ...

La Reunion Island is one of France’s overseas regions, located in the Mascarene Islands of the Indian Ocean. While the majority of its arrivals come from Metropolitan France, the CRT (Comité ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

Constance Tekoma is situated on Rodrigues Island, the smallest and most serene of the Mascarene Islands – it’s a getaway like no other. Nestled some 600 kms northeast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, ...

THE members of the scientific expedition about to start for Rodriguez should make themselves acquainted with what has already been done towards the working out of its wonderful extinct fauna. We ...

In the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa and to the east of Madagascar, lies the pristine island country of Mauritius. Along with nearby Réunion, it is part of the Mascarene Islands. Of ...

Seafood processor Réunimer-Pêcherie du Sud has received investment interest from Hivest Capital Partners, which has taken a majority stake in the business. Paris-headquartered Hivest did not disclose ...

I walk away from the immigration counter, staring at the stamp on my passport—the teensiest dodo stares at me, seeming to welcome me to Mauritius. The island country in the Indian Ocean, about 2,000km ...