Raja Ampat archipelago in West Papua is home to Indonesia’s largest population of reef manta rays, Mobula alfredi. They are not mammals, but cartilaginous fish that are related to sharks. This... Read More →
Did you know that newborn reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) – some of which can be found in Raja Ampat, West Papua – must live independently without parental care? Have you ever imagined how they... Read More →
Have you ever wondered how big is a manta ray? Or what is the size of a baby? The size of newborn reef manta rays ranges from 1.5–1.9 m in wingspan–roughly as wide as the length of your... Read More →
Siapa yang menyangka bahwa survei terumbu karang pada 2001 yang berhasil mengungkap Raja Ampat sebagai pusat keanekaragaman hayati laut tropis, menjadikan kepulauan di sebelah timur Indonesia ini... Read More →
Author’s note: While the virus rages, I have been working on updating the reef manta database and we now nearly 1400 different individuals and the numbers keep increasing and increasing…... Read More →
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... Read More →
Administrator’s note: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or “Drones” are increasingly being used as a non-invasive tool to monitor wildlife behavior. This 2019 report by the... Read More →