CI’s Mark Erdmann recounts his experience swimming among whale sharks.
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Category Archives: Expeditions
Tagging Whale Sharks in Indonesia: Part 2
Shark expert (and guest blogger) Brent Stewart reports from the boat in Cenderawasih Bay.
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Tagging Whale Sharks in Indonesia: Part 1
A CI-led expedition ventures into Indonesia’s Cenderawasih Bay to expand scientific knowledge about the world’s largest fish.
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Roots of Change in a Brazilian Mangrove Community
A staff writer sees firsthand how CI’s work in Brazil protects the traditional livelihoods of coastal dwellers.
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Creepy Critters: Are Humans the Real Danger?
All ‘creepy’ critters have a role in the ecosystem, and none will go out of their way to harm me — these animals consider humans to be the dangerous ones.
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Creepy Critters: Dinner in the Jungle
As we crunched away on fish bones at our makeshift bamboo table, I felt a sharp shooting pain that made me jump and yelp.
Creepy Critters: Diving with Crocodiles
Collecting data in crocodile-infested waters is all part of a day’s work for marine biologist Christine Huffard.
Creepy Critters: An Earthworm’s Secret Weapon
In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, CI’s Trond Larsen comes face-to-face with one of the planet’s less cuddly species.
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Environmental Education on the Brazilian Savannah
In the world’s most biologically-rich savannah grassland, we recently held a workshop to help local teachers pass on knowledge about this threatened ecosystem with their students.
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In Indonesia, Ecotourism Protects Fish, Provides Jobs
More than 1,400 species of fish and 550 species of hard corals. In Raja Ampat, you can spend hours underwater without a single second of boredom.
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