The world-renowned diving destination of Wakatobi is one of Indonesia’s oldest and best-supported marine protected areas. Mangroves and seagrass along with coral form the pillars of an interdependent ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Yet, to marine conservationists, mangrove bogs such as this anchor one corner of the “holy trinity,” of prerequisites for a healthy tropical ...

For many years, getting to Wakatobi, Indonesia — one of the very best dive sites in a country that abounds with stunning underwater locales — would cost a lot of money and involve arduous traveling by ...

It’s hard to know where to start in explaining why Wakatobi Resort in Indonesia is an extraordinary destination for diving and snorkelling photography. And the secluded luxury tropical resort is also ...

Despite the eco-attractiveness, its remoteness may explain why few venture there, especially since boat is the only real way to explore the 34 million acres of islands, beaches, coral reefs, seagrass ...

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The study that identified the new bird species in Indonesia has been published in the same journal that printed Charles Darwin’s famous theories in 1858. A team of Irish and Indonesian zoologists have ...

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Zoologists have found several new species of colorful, tropical sunbirds. The zoologists have identified a new species, the 'Wakatobi Sunbird' (Cinnyris infrenatus), which lives on the tiny Wakatobi ...

A new species of a tiny, colourful bird has been found by Irish scientists in a small island chain in the tropics. Zoologists from Trinity College Dublin named the new find the Wakatobi Flowerpecker ...