Journey across Fiji's diverse landscapes, encountering its unique endemic species and understanding its geological story.
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Three Hundred Islands of Fire and Sea
This series, The Living Landscape of Fiji, explores the geological forces, ecosystems, and natural history that shaped these islands into what they are today.
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Viti Levu's Volcanic Bones Still Show
Viti Levu's highest peak, Mount Tomanivi, is actually the eroded remnant of an ancient volcanic cone that once towered far higher than its current thirteen hundred…
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Green Giants on Vanishing Island Forests
The Fiji crested iguana is one of the rarest reptiles on Earth, with fewer than a thousand individuals surviving in the wild.
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Fiji's Birds Found Nowhere Else on Earth
The Collared Lory, Fiji's national bird, sports a vivid combination of red, purple, and green plumage that seems almost too bright to be real.
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Where Mountains Meet Mangrove and Sea
Fiji's interior mountains reach over thirteen hundred meters on the largest islands, high enough to split weather patterns and create two distinct climate zones.
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