The sunrise was spectacular as it rose over the Island and hit our boat with perfect morning light. While I am busy taking photos of the moment, fellow divers join me on the upper deck with coffee.
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We follow Brayan our dive master who has a bright yellow tank and is easy to spot underwater through the oasis around Manuelita for this and our third dive of the day . . .
(Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a series of blog posts about the Feb. Cocos Island Expedition to track sea turtles and sharks in order to create a…
Jairo’s brutal murder was an assault on those who protect endangered wildlife around the world. Justice for Mora is crucial to keeping wildlife and its defenders safe in Costa Rica, and won’t rest until justice is served.
And as evidenced by his beautiful underwater shots from his recent Cocos Island Dive Expedition with Turtle Island, Paul Nguyen has a talent for showcasing our blue-green planet. Click to learn his top underwater photo tips.
Last week, our researchers were able to recover a satellite tag that had been placed on a whale shark at the Galapagos Islands during our August cruise. The tag had…
Turtle Island Restoration Network is sponsoring graduate student Elena Nalesso an effort to better understand the endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks of the Cocos Islands. Elena’s recently published thesis examines the behavior of these sharks at the remote island, which is located off the coast of Costa Rica and northeast of the Galapagos Islands.
Environmental groups are suing the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect bigeye tuna that they say are being over-fished.
Turtle Island signed on to an open letter addressed to Washington Governor Inslee’s commending him for his leadership on ocean acidification, and also addressed to the Department of Ecology asking that they follow suit and also take action on ocean acidification.
“It’s the most incredible underwater place I’ve ever been,” says Todd Steiner, executive director of the California-based Sea Turtle Restoration Project. “It’s a superhighway of giant animals — like the plains of Africa, only underwater.”