Bird's Head Seascape Cenderawasih Bay Archives - Page 7 of 11

Conserving the Leatherback Sea Turtle by Ricardo F. Tapilatu For over 100 million years, leatherback sea turtles have swum the world’s oceans. Each year, these creatures, which represent the last...

International Conference on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Bird’s Head Seascape

22 Jun 2016

UNIPA (Universitas Papua) will be organizing an International Conference on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Bird’s Head Seascape. The conference will be held in Manokwari between...

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Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & NE Indonesia by Tim Rock & Simon Pridmore

13 Jun 2016

Diving & Snorkeling Guide to Raja Ampat & NE Indonesia by Tim Rock & Simon Pridmore Tim Rock and Simon Pridmore should be well known names to the Indonesian diving & travel...

Edi Frommenwiler (BHS Pioneer): A History Lesson by Maurine Shimlock

30 May 2016

Edi Frommenwiler (BHS Pioneer): A History Lesson by Maurine Shimlock Edi Frommenwiler might have logged just a mere 85 dives in 1992 when he built the Pindito, Indonesia’s first international...

BIRD’S HEAD NATURAL HISTORY NOTES #3: Sinister Hitchhikers by Dr. Richard Smith

28 Mar 2016

BIRD’S HEAD NATURAL HISTORY NOTES #3: Sinister Hitchhikers By Dr Richard Smith This is the part #3 of Dr. Smith’s Natural History Notes: A BHS exclusive! Parasites permeate every...

Cendrawasih’s whale sharks….not such homebodies after all…..by MV Erdmann; photos by Shawn Heinrichs

20 Mar 2016

Cendrawasih’s whale sharks….not such homebodies after all….. Text by MV Erdmann; Photos by Shawn Heinrichs For the past five years, Cendrawasih Bay’s friendly whale shark...

Calling Citizen Scientists

20 Mar 2016

Calling All Citizen Scientists by The Administrator with Mark Erdmann What is a Citizen Scientist? A Citizen Scientist is an individual who voluntarily contributes time, effort, and resources...

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Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Whale Shark ID Database! Text and Photos by Dr. Mark Erdmann

08 Mar 2016

Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Whale Shark ID Database! Text and Photos by Mark Erdmann As part of our continuing efforts to make the Bird’s Head Seascape website as useful,...

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Two New Damsels Named to Honor Two Diving Divas. BHS fish species count now 1759! By Mark Erdmann

07 Mar 2016

Two new BHS damsels named to honor two diving divas! BHS fish species count now 1759! By Mark Erdmann It’s an honor and a great pleasure to announce the recent description of two new BHS...

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The Gubernatorial Goby, Trimma atururii by Mark Erdmann

22 Feb 2016

The Gubernatorial Goby, Trimma atururii! by Mark Erdmann Leave it to the Bird’s Head to produce a gubernatorial goby! In a recent paper published with my colleagues Dr. Rick Winterbottom...