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On one of my first night dives “many” years ago, I saw what looked like a feather or an old-fashioned quill pen sticking out of the substrate.   Being a novice diver, I was so... Read More →

A love of nature, especially the above water wildlife of Raja Ampat, and a desire to build awareness among local people, motivated Edhi Yansyah and Riyanti Windesi to self-publish an astounding... Read More →

We met Sophie Azam on a windless day last January during a short visit to Papua Explorers Resort.  We were there to check out the SEA Centre, where Sophie is the new manager. A career in project... Read More →

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... 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 →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

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... Read More →

The more mantas we know, the more we will know about mantas! Help the BHS Mantas and win the trip of a lifetime aboard one of Indonesia’s premiere liveaboards. In commemoration of the BHS Manta... Read More →

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... Read More →