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Updated June 5, 2025
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A dugong displays the telltale “smile.”

Saving the Sea Cows of Vanuatu

There’s still hope for “the friendliest ‘fish’ in the water.”
by Katie Dundas
In 2011, a slow-moving tropical cyclone called Vania caused flooding and wind damage in parts of Vanuatu.

The Ni-Vanuatu Way To Prepare for a Storm

In Vanuatu, traditional knowledge provides resilience as tropical cyclones grow more intense.
by Monica Evans

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Bananas are still a staple of Vanuatu residents’ diets. These are for sale at a busy market in Port Vila.

How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey

3,000-year-old microparticles prove the fruit traveled across the ocean with early Pacific Islanders.
by Reina Gattuso
The mask held at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, made in Malakula, Vanuatu, from matted spiders’ webs.

These Hoods Made of Spider Webs Have Long Been Misunderstood

From Vanuatu, they've been described as "smothering hoods and "caps of death."
by Natasha Frost
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