by Todd Steiner Cocos Expeditions with Turtle Island Are Back! We are excited to announce that Turtle Island will resume our scuba research expeditions at Cocos in 2023! Please join…
This December 10-20, 2022, a special expedition to Cocos Island National Park and two neighboring Seamounts will take place. A collaboration of the Costa Rican organization CREMA, Turtle Island Restoration…

This article, written by César Peñaherrera and Mariano Castro Jiménez, was originally published in La Nación on March 18, 2021. Peñaherrera is the Science Coordinator at MigraMar and scientific advisor…

Contact: Brett Loveman, Director of Communications Mission Blue bloveman@mission-blue.org Todd Steiner, Founder and Executive Director Turtle Island Restoration Network tsteiner@seaturtles.org World’s First Marine Migratory Species Hope Spot Declared Between Cocos…

Contacto: Brett Loveman, Director de Comunicaciones Mission Blue bloveman@mission-blue.org Todd Steiner, Fundador y Director Ejecutivo Turtle Island Restoration Network tsteiner@seaturtles.org La primera área protegida marina binacional del mundo gana impulso…

For Immediate Release, March, 27, 2020 Contacts: Elpis Chavez, Centro Rescate de Especies Marinas Amenazadas, echavk@gmail.com Todd Steiner, Turtle Island Restoration Network, tsteiner@seaturtles.org Randal Arauz, Fins Attached, rarauz@finsattached.org Scientists Document…

The Economist magazine released a short documentary film this winter showcasing Turtle Island Restoration Network’s shark research—and it’s well worth the watch. The film, debuted at the World Ocean Summit…


In December, a crew of volunteer divers, marine biologists, scientists, and dive masters joined Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) on one of the organization’s yearly research expeditions to Cocos Island…

OLEMA – A Bay Area scientist has successfully tagged a shark that is believed to have killed an American scuba diver and seriously injure another in November 2017. Todd Steiner,…