Mooring lines are an essential tool used to save coral reefs from damage caused by anchors and boats. Mooring lines can be installed in any areas where boats visit frequently, […]
Corals Have Evolved to Eat Sea Slugs
Hard corals are generally thought of as autotrophs, or organisms which produce most of their own metabolic energy and contribute to the base of the food chain in the ecosystem. […]
Coral Fragging Should be Banned
Recently, there has been a great increase in conservation groups participating or dedicating their entire program to coral ‘fragging,’ or propagation, in order to increase the number of corals on […]
Our Newest Marine Conservation Trainer, Leon Haines
Congratulations to our newest marine conservation trainer, Leon Haines. Leon got his start in marine conservation in 2014 when he conducted an extended internship at the New Heaven Reef Conservation […]
Teaching the Deep Dive
One of a SCUBA divers most memorable training moments is often their first ‘deep dive’. The thrill and adrenaline of knowing that you will be going more than 18 meters […]
The Koh Tao Team Makes a New Nudibranch Discovery
A new discovery of a species of nudibranch was recently described by our partners on Koh Tao, the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program. The previously undescribed species was first recorded […]
A New species of Sea Slug – Found on Koh Tao
Biodiversity is one of the keys to a healthy ecosystem, and assessing biodiversity in a changing world is one of the top priories of scientists around the world, only then […]
Conservation Divers Discover Rare Coral on Koh Tao
Conservation Diver Trainer Pau Urgell recently made a pretty important discovery during an Ecological Monitoring Program survey – a rare species of soft coral that seemed to be making a […]
Conservation Diver returns to the Philippines, April 2017
Conservation Divers Rahul Mehrotra and Spencer Arnold returned to the Philippines in 2017 to continue the research and ecological consultancy work from the initial assessment in 2016. The small and […]
Conservation Diver in Toboso, Philippines, July 2016
Toboso is a rural area in the province of Negros Occidental with almost no prior marine habitat usage outside of fishing. In July of 2016, Conservation Diver Trainer Rahul Mehrotra […]