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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 >
Bionews

Importance of Seagrass and Macroalgae in the Protection of Coastlines

Sint Maarten
November 1, 2020
Researchers from the Netherlands and Mexico studied three bays on Saint Martin to illustrate the ability… Read more >
Bionews

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 >
Bionews

Caribbean Reef Shark

Photo credit: © Diego Camejo

Tracking Sharks around Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten
November 1, 2020
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation recently retrieved acoustic receivers (loggers) to learn about the movement patterns… Read more >
DCNA News

Bonaire Island Whiptail Lizard

(Cnemidophorus ruthveni)

Photo by: © Henkjan Kievit

DCNA’s Achievements September 2019-2020

Aruba / Bonaire / Curaçao / Saba / Sint Eustatius
October 20, 2020
The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) just released an informative booklet about DCNA’s achievements during the… Read more >
DCNA News

Princess Beatrix’s visit to Bonaire in 2018

Photo credit: © Kerenza Rannou- all rights preserved

DCNA’s patroness Princess Beatrix Receives First Copy Of The Update On Severe State of Dutch Caribbean Protected Area Management Organizations During COVID19 Pandemic

All DC islands
October 19, 2020
The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently sent its Patroness Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix a… 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

Long spined sea urchin

(Diadema antillarum)

Photo credit: © Tom Wijers

Assisted natural recovery of sea urchin populations around Saba and St. Eustatius

Saba / Sint Eustatius
October 2, 2020
Diadema sea-urchins play a vital role in maintaining a balanced coral reef ecosystem by grazing away… Read more >

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