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“How can baby reef manta rays be so cute?” By Edy Setyawan

02 Mar 2020
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Babies are babies. They are adorable. Just like a human baby, baby reef manta rays are so cute.  How come? Although they are the mini-version of their parents, they are ‘tiny’ compared to adult...
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“Put the Drone up”: Spotting Manta Rays from the Air, By Edy Setyawan

02 Mar 2020
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or “drones” have been widely used for a number of purposes from surveying the effects of earthquakes and tsunami to making films. In the past few...
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Using “Camera Traps” for capturing ID photos of Mantas By Edy Setyawan

02 Mar 2020
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The “Camera Trap” has been widely used to observe wild animals in their natural habitats, mostly on terrestrial animals.  One of the main benefits of using a camera trap is to enable...
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Discovery afoot: New study cracks mystery of how ‘walking’ sharks split

25 Jan 2020
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By Kiley Price – Conservation International: Republished with Permission A type of shark that has long captivated scientists and divers for its preferred mode of underwater travel — walking...
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New Research Identifies Walking Shark as Most Recently Evolved Shark on Earth

20 Jan 2020
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Jakarta, Indonesia (January 20, 2020) – Today, a new paper from Conservation International, the University of Queensland, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, the Australian CSIRO and the...
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North Misool: New Adventures Where (Almost) Nobody Goes, text & photos by Kerry Lorimer (Drone imagery by Dr. Mark Erdmann)

31 Dec 2019
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The fabulously-rich dive sites in the protected area around the southeastern tip of the island of Misool and the award-winning Misool Eco Resort have become an ‘epi-central’ focus for liveaboards...
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What Nova Scotia can learn from Indonesia about Conserving Coral Reefs, Ocean School: A CBC interview with Dr. Boris Worm

24 Dec 2019
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Nine years ago Dr. Boris Worm, a very well-known marine scientist/conservationist from Canada traveled to Raja for the first time.  During his visit, he went aboard the BHS’s...
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Misool Foundation Nov/Dec Newsletter

11 Dec 2019
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Welcome to Misool Foundation’s November Newsletter: A Life on Land Special Raja Ampat; mantas soar, reefs bustle and turtles mooch. But did you know that the unparalleled biodiversity of...
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North Misool MPA Rapid Biodiversity Assessment adds 47 new records, boosts Raja Ampat reef fish species count to 1615! Text and Photos by Mark Erdmann

14 Nov 2019
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From 24 August to 3 September 2019, a team of marine scientists from Yayasan Nazareth Papua, the Raja Ampat MPA Management Authority (UPTD BLUD KKPD Raja Ampat), Conservation International (CI)...
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Sueviota minersorum, a new species of sponge-dwelling goby named in honor of the Miners family (Misool Eco Resort) by Greenfield, Erdmann, Utama

29 Oct 2019
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If you have ever been to Raja Ampat, or even contemplated going, you have heard of Misool.  Misool is the southernmost of the 4 major islands that comprise Raja Ampat (Four Kings).  So Misool is...
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