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Blenny

(Blenniiformes)

Photo credit: © Rudy van Gelderen

Using Digital Footprints to Manage Conservation Efforts

Bonaire
December 1, 2020
Researchers from Wageningen University and Research compiled thousands of photographs taken on Bonaire to analyze tourist… Read more >
Bionews

Adopt a proactive attitude towards nonnative Green iguana biosecurity

All DC islands
December 1, 2020
Mainly since the 60’s has the green iguana continuously expanded its nonnative range, especially throughout the… Read more >
Bionews

Bonaire 2050, a nature inclusive vision

Bonaire
December 1, 2020
Results from a series of designs sessions, workshops and interviews describe a vision for Bonaire in… Read more >
Bionews

Yellow Crowned Night Heron

(Nyctanassa violacea)

Photo credit: © Rostislav Stach (SHAPE/DCNA)

Conservationists Seek Legal Protection for Bonaire’s Freshwater Wetlands

Bonaire
November 11, 2020
 Bonaire has a number of important nature reserves and the majority of them enjoy legal protection.… Read more >
Bionews

Brown Boobies

(Sula leucogaster)

Photo credit: © Kai Wulf

Bonaire’s First Brown Booby Population Count in Over 50 Years

Bonaire
November 1, 2020
Between 2008 and 2010, STINAPA Bonaire and volunteers took to counting Brown Booby seabirds along the… Read more >
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Stoplight parrotfish

(Sparisoma viride)

Photo credit: © Hannah Rempel

Recovery of Orbicella annularis corals from parrotfish predation

Bonaire
November 1, 2020
Orbicella annularis is an important reef-building coral and an endangered species. Previous studies suggest it is… Read more >
Humpback whale breaching
Bionews

Millions of sightings by citizens contribute to mapping Biodiversity

All DC islands
October 2, 2020
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) provides a global platform for citizen scientists to upload biological observations… Read more >
Bionews

Lettuce Coral

Agaricia undata with associated gall-crabs (yellow arrows and ellipses) and gall-like structures (white arrows)

Discovery of a new host coral for a Caribbean parasitic crab species

Bonaire
October 2, 2020
Scientists from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the ANEMOON Foundation discovered a… Read more >
Bionews

Using Sound to Track Marine Mammals in Saba Bank

Saba
October 2, 2020
Since 2011, the Saba Bank noise logger research project has been collecting acoustic data of marine… Read more >

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