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Raja Ampat by William Tan

22 Apr 2020
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Administrators note: While the virus wind rages none of us are able to do what we love…dive in Raja Ampat!  While we are away, and all social distancing, we thought it would be inspiring to...
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Important manta ray habitat discovered in Raja Ampat! by Edy Setyawan

21 Apr 2020
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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…...
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Rare Mantis Shrimp sighted in Raja Ampat! by Dr. Thomas Haider

06 Apr 2020
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Dr. Haider’s most recent email began with these words: “During these hard times maybe it would be nice to show the world the rare wonders of the Birds Head Seascape!!!! So I thought,...
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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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Announcing the Bird’s Head Seascape Manta ID Photo Contest

03 Jan 2020
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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...
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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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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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