Bird's Head Seascape Indonesia Archives - Page 20 of 38

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...

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

02 Mar 2020

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...

“Put the Drone up”: Spotting Manta Rays from the Air, By Edy Setyawan

02 Mar 2020

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...

Using “Camera Traps” for capturing ID photos of Mantas By Edy Setyawan

02 Mar 2020

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...

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...

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...

Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Manta ID Photo Contest

03 Jan 2020

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...

North Misool: New Adventures Where (Almost) Nobody Goes, text & photos by Kerry Lorimer (Drone imagery by Dr. Mark Erdmann)

31 Dec 2019

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...

What Nova Scotia can learn from Indonesia about Conserving Coral Reefs, Ocean School: A CBC interview with Dr. Boris Worm

24 Dec 2019

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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Attention BHS Liveaboards: Looking our Cruise Directors?

23 Dec 2019

Administrator’s note: On the site we never post advertisements but in this case I’m making an exception, because quality Cruise Directors are very hard to find! I met Amanda and...