National Geographic’s Pristine Seas conservation program surveyed Bikini as well as Bikar and Bokak atolls in the Marshall Islands, halfway between Australia and Hawaii, in 2023. A nurse shark close ...

This is what happens when you let nature do its thing. Aerial view of Bikar Atoll, with southern tip and Bikar Islands in the foreground. Now, let’s talk atolls (that’s “uh-tolls,” in case ...