Search results for Archipelago Research And Conservation

New conservation effort launched to protect coral reefs in Yap

Conservation groups have launched a new initiative to safeguard coral reefs in Yap, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia, through both scientific innovation and traditiona...

University of Hawaiʻi to lead new Pacific reef research institute

“This new institute combines [University of Hawaiʻi]’s strengths in cutting-edge, ocean-related research and our collaborative, place-based approach to working with resource m...

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia

“The whale sharks are a good omen for the fishers because they know when the whale sharks come, that means that lots of small fish or anchovies are around,” says Edy Setyawan, the...

State-of-the-art sea turtle health centre opens at Jawakara Islands Maldives

The Sea Turtle Health Institute, a joint initiative by the Olive Ridley Project and Crown & Champa Resorts’ Jawakara Islands Maldives, was officially inaugurated on Sunday. The...

The Farallon Islands Need Your Help

Point Blue Conservation Science (Point Blue) needs our help to maintain its research programs at the Farallon Islands. Here's why. The post The Farallon Islands Need Your Help appe...

8 hawksbill turtles under specialist care in Singapore conservation programme

A head-start programme by the Singapore Oceanarium and National Parks Board aims to boost survival rates of the critically endangered species before release into the wild.

Rediscovered rare Lāna‘i native species reflect stewardship, conservation partnerships

Surveys were led by Maui Nui Plant Extinction Prevention Program in partnership with Pūlama Lāna‘i, using on-the-ground exploration and drone technology to access steep cliffs and...

Inside the fight to save the little-known Galápagos petrel

Critically endangered Galápagos petrels spend much of their life at sea, but as they return to breed in the only place they call home, a litany of threats awaits. Over the last 60...

Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center launches initiative to address ongoing vessel groundings, threat to coral reefs

The Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center has launched a comprehensive stakeholder survey and community initiative aimed at reducing vessel grounding incidents and strengthening re...

Marine conservation suffers when the ocean is not accessible to all, especially on remote islands (commentary)

The global push to protect oceans is gaining momentum, from coral reef restoration to ambitious targets under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development...

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response marks 10 years on frontlines of marine conservation

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response, the largest Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit dedicated to marine species conservation and field response, is marking its 10th anniversary in 2026. The mile...

In eastern Indonesia, communities revive customary systems to protect the seas

JAKARTA — On small islands across eastern Indonesia, coastal communities are reviving customary rules, seasonal fishing closures, turtle protection and mangrove stewardship to prot...

Primate Planet

Across the tropics, a growing movement is working to secure a future for primates in the face of disease, deforestation and wildlife trade. Reporting from across the planet, this v...

New survey methods uncover new insights into Madagascar’s biodiversity

Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting some of the island’s most visible species, such as lemurs and birds. Raharin...

Chasing the Science

With the incredible biodiversity of the Research Ranch comes a dauntingly long list of conservation challenges. Sure, the ranch is home to a long list of priority grassland birds,...

MPIF marks Month of the Ocean with science-led Tubbataha conservation effort

Metro Pacific Investments Foundation (MPIF), the corporate social responsibility arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), is set to conduct the Shore It Up! Tubbataha E...

Working together, Indigenous peoples & researchers describe new Amazonian palm

In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride down the Vaupés River in the Colombian Amazon, followed by a two-hour hike to the vi...

Cocos Island Expedition Dates Announced

The Turtle Island Restoration Network has announced the dates of its Dive Into Conservation expedition to Cocos Island.

Indonesia to conserve coral reefs in ‘debt-for-nature’ deal

Conservationists Install Artificial Reefs Where Corals Once Stood

Miles of coral reef around Pom Pom Island in Malaysia have been ruined by climate change and blast fishing. A conservation group hopes to restore the area by installing concrete st...

Vital Island Home for Endangered Monk Seals Gains Marine Protections from Greece

With the flourish of a pen, the President of Greece recently signed into law a new marine protected area at the national level around Gyaros, an uninhabited island in the Cyclades...

A human rights center opens a path to justice for Indigenous Peoples in the Central African Republic

BAYANGA, Central African Republic — Across the Congo Basin, conservation has long been fraught with a difficult contradiction. Protected areas, meant to preserve wildlife, have at...

‘Rediscovered’ species in Papua spotlight importance of Indigenous knowledge

It started with a set of photographs, taken of an animal captured in 2015 on the Bird’s Head Peninsula in Indonesian Papua, the western half of the island of New Guinea. The smalli...

‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction

Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal speciesIn the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep...