A magical moment caught by our Conservation Interns earlier this week while the group were out raking Long Beach Nature Reserve...🐢💚 #TurtleTuesday
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📽️: Alice Fry & Tobias Capel
🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/ElGqwRvB…

Take a look at these moray eels, spotted during Pitcairn MPA #BRUVS work.

Moray's spend most of their time hiding in rocks and reefs, waiting to ambush their prey 🐟

Some species of moray can even change colour, camouflaging themselves to increase their chances of success!

Did you know that Tristan da Cunha has an environmental data portal? Marine and terrestrial data has been collated to enable scientists and policy makers to view what already exists and build on this through future research: tdc.data.bas.ac.uk

The latest MBA - Marine Biological Association magazine features our work with Pitcairn MPA to study its unique deep-water corals and the potential impacts of a changing climate 🪸 🌎

Take a look below! 👇

Emily, Jeff and Sarah have made it to Brazil! #TurtleTuesday 🐢

Follow this year's tagged turtles as they journey 2000 km across the Atlantic: my.wildlifecomputers.com/data/map/?id=6… ExeterMarine Blue Belt Programme

📷Wildlife Computers

Since 2015 we’ve been working with St Helena MPA and other partners to attach satellite and electronic tags to tuna species 🐟

Find out below how this data is supporting broader regional management and protection measures🌎

#WorldTunaDay

We're tracking Ascension's green turtles using satellite tags & tissue samples for stable isotope analysis. Our project with @exetermarine hopes to locate their foraging grounds in Brazil. 1/2🧵 #TurtleTuesday
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📷: Flo Wallace

Happy #WorldPenguinDay !

South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands are home to 4 species of penguins 🐧 including the largest chinstrap penguin population in the 🌎.

Our recent extension to the Marine Protected Area ensures further protection & conservation of these penguins!

A new paper investigates the coexistence of two very ecologically similar species, the hind grouper and the spotted moray.

To read the full paper, head to onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jf…

🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/RJEj8uzW…
📽️: Lorna West

Brilliant to see Blue Belt Programme satellite tags supporting this Ascension Island MPA and ExeterMarine research project on green turtle migration🐢

Find out more 👇 #TurtleTuesday

There are around 40 different species of Triggerfish globally🌎

The UK Overseas Territories are home to many of them. Take a look at just three from across Ascension Island MPA, St Helena MPA and Cayman Islands Department of Environment 🐟

More: tinyurl.com/y9j5v755

#EarthDay #UKOTs Blue Abacus

New Scientist staff writer Graham Lawton travelled to the remote Pitcairn Islands to understand how they are helping the UK exceed the global target of protecting 30 per cent of its ocean surface.
Watch more 👉 newscientist.com/video/2417560-…

Can you spot the scorpionfish? 👀

These camouflage specialists use their disguise to sneak up on small fish and crustaceans, often swallowing them in one go!

📽️ Recorded by Ascension Island MPA during #BRUVS deployments.

More: tinyurl.com/y9j5v755

1/4 🐢🧵 WE HAVE GREEN TURTLE HATCHLINGS! 🐢

Exactly 3 months ago the eggs were moved to an artificial nest and yesterday, during a nest check, 11 healthy hatchlings were discovered.