Bird's Head Seascape triton bay Archives

Administrator’s note: This post appeared in The Jakarta Post on July, 09, 2024. Click here to read the original post. Article Synopsis: Indonesia will commit to reef restoration while...

Bird's Head Seascape, Coral Triangle, diving, Indonesia, photography, scuba, shark, tourism, triton bay, underwater photography, West Papua, whale shark

Eric Eckes visits Triton Bay’s Whale Sharks

05 Jun 2024

Administrator’s note: Eric Eckes, is a professional photographer from Southern California. He recently visited the Bird’s Head’s Triton Bay for the first time. Eric has kindly...

Excerpts from “The ReSharker”, the quarterly newsletter of the ReShark/StAR Project

23 Apr 2024

The “The ReSharker” is a quarterly newsletter designed to update ReShark/StAR Project partners on the project’s most recent activities. Because the newsletter includes internal...

Whale sharks and dolphins “together” in Triton Bay

25 Mar 2024

Recently visitors to Triton Bay’s “Whale Shark Experience” have been gifted with a bonus…the presence of dolphins! While this is not necessarily an event exclusive to...

Nurul Yazid: Professional Photographer and now co-owner of Triton Bay Divers

28 Feb 2024

Administrator’s note: I have been blessed to dive Triton Bay (one of the Bird’s Head Seascape’s triad of destinations) numerous times since 2005. It is less known and even...

Science for Conservation Newsletter January 2024

15 Jan 2024

Selamat tahun baru 2024! Kali ini kami dari Program Sains untuk Konservasi LPPM Universitas Papua kembali menyapa Sobat Lestari dengan kumpulan cerita-cerita dari lapang selama bulan...

The Grand Blue Project of Edi Frommenwiler

01 Aug 2023

Administrator’s note: Swiss born and world educated, Edi Frommenwiler is the real deal! He is one of the first pioneers of Indonesian diving. In 1992 he built the MV Pindito,...

Raja Ampat Pioneers – Edi Frommenwiler and Pindito by Don Silcock

19 Jun 2023

Administrators Note: Don Silcock is an Australian underwater photographer and photojournalist based in Bali, Indonesia. His non-commercial website, Indo-Pacific Images, is full of interesting...

Bird's Head Seascape, Conservation, Coral Triangle, discovery, ecology, environment, Fakfak, Indonesia, Kaimana, nutmeg, papuan nutmeg, sustainability, triton bay, West Papua

Papuan Nutmeg! It’s not the same species we know from the Banda Islands.

06 Jan 2022

Administrator’s notes: Did you know that there are several species of Nutmeg? (I didn’t!) According to British anthropologist Roy Ellen, the “original” nutmeg species,...

Craig and Betsy Beasley share favorites from their Video Library. What a treat!

16 Nov 2021

Administrator’s note: Recently we were honored to be asked to present a show, via zoom, to the Houston Underwater Photographic Society (HUPS). Once upon a time we were members of this club...