Brazil has created the South Atlantic’s largest marine protected area, spanning about one million hectares. Supported by Conservation International, the reserve—roughly the size of Jamaica—aims to safeguard biodiversity, fisheries, and critical ocean ecosystems.
Brazil creates the South Atlantic's largest marine park | Conservation International
Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.
www.conservation.org
April 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Brazil has created the South Atlantic’s largest marine protected area, spanning about one million hectares. Supported by Conservation International, the reserve—roughly the size of Jamaica—aims to safeguard biodiversity, fisheries, and critical ocean ecosystems.
My marine biologist son Rob has lived on the same island for 7 years, doing painstaking work to improve biodiversity and train local people in conservation. Here’s a new video. Nothing dramatic (he’s not Attenborough and doesn’t have a film crew). Just a healthy coral reef:
youtu.be/2wlk-yfYi9Q?...
youtu.be/2wlk-yfYi9Q?...
Reef Highlights 2024
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
youtu.be
January 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My marine biologist son Rob has lived on the same island for 7 years, doing painstaking work to improve biodiversity and train local people in conservation. Here’s a new video. Nothing dramatic (he’s not Attenborough and doesn’t have a film crew). Just a healthy coral reef:
youtu.be/2wlk-yfYi9Q?...
youtu.be/2wlk-yfYi9Q?...
Its #scape day. This is an infrared image made along a beautiful North Florida river. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology
October 2, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Its #scape day. This is an infrared image made along a beautiful North Florida river. #photography #landscape #ECK #infrared #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Black&White. This is yet another image of the stunningly beautiful tricolored heron I photographed recently. It was fishing. Successfully I might add. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
October 1, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Black&White. This is yet another image of the stunningly beautiful tricolored heron I photographed recently. It was fishing. Successfully I might add. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Seabirds, any bird found by the sea or coast. That's where I photographed this tricolored heron, this ballerina, this stunning avian. It danced while feeding. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity #nature
September 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Seabirds, any bird found by the sea or coast. That's where I photographed this tricolored heron, this ballerina, this stunning avian. It danced while feeding. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity #nature
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme #BestOfTheMonth. I've already posted a few images of this stunning tricolored heron. But I like this one too. And besides, I only got out once to photograph birds this month. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
September 30, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme #BestOfTheMonth. I've already posted a few images of this stunning tricolored heron. But I like this one too. And besides, I only got out once to photograph birds this month. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #biodiversity
"Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity"
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Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity
Daniel H. Janzen is a biologist whose career has blurred the traditional boundaries between field ecology, evolutionary science and conservation.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
August 31, 2026 at 9:12 AM
"Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity"
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-o...
Long-tailed Cormorant, #birdsofafrica #Lakebunyuni #uganda #biodiversity #birds #bird #birdphotography #conservation #wildbirdphotography #cormorants #longtailedcormorants #conservationphotography #birdseenin2026 markscheflen.com
April 3, 2026 at 12:49 PM
This gives me such hope for biodiversity conservation, mammals and future mammalogists! Go young people!! 🧪
What an absolute cutie!! www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
An elusive California mammal has just been photographed alive for the first time
Until last year, only one California mammal species had never been caught on camera. A group of Bay Area researchers just shared the first photo of it.
www.sfgate.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This gives me such hope for biodiversity conservation, mammals and future mammalogists! Go young people!! 🧪
Mark Carney’s Liberals to protect Canada’s Nature, Biodiversity, and Water
A Mark Carney-led Liberal government will:
Conserve nature and biodiversity, including by creating at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks; #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli /1
A Mark Carney-led Liberal government will:
Conserve nature and biodiversity, including by creating at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks; #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli /1
April 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mark Carney’s Liberals to protect Canada’s Nature, Biodiversity, and Water
A Mark Carney-led Liberal government will:
Conserve nature and biodiversity, including by creating at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks; #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli /1
A Mark Carney-led Liberal government will:
Conserve nature and biodiversity, including by creating at least 10 new national parks and marine conservation areas, and 15 new urban parks; #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli /1
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors. This beautiful Osprey did a fly over, nice and slow. I held the shutter down. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation #biodiversity #nature
September 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors. This beautiful Osprey did a fly over, nice and slow. I held the shutter down. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation #biodiversity #nature
Monitoring the noises within ecosystems reveals their health—allowing researchers to monitor changes in biodiversity, detect threats, and measure the effectiveness of conservation strategies.
Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them
Monitoring the noises within ecosystems reveals their health—allowing researchers to monitor changes in biodiversity, detect threats, and measure the effectiveness of conservation strategies.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Monitoring the noises within ecosystems reveals their health—allowing researchers to monitor changes in biodiversity, detect threats, and measure the effectiveness of conservation strategies.
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheDivers. Terns are definitely diverse. This is what they look like right before they dive. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology
September 24, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheDivers. Terns are definitely diverse. This is what they look like right before they dive. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #BirdsInFlight #birdsky #birders #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology
Green-throated Sunbird is a small, brightly colored nectar-feeding bird found across savannas, woodlands of subSaharan Africa. markscheflen.com #greenthroated #sunbirds #bwindiImpenetrableforest #albertinerift #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #biodiversity #conservation
March 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Green-throated Sunbird is a small, brightly colored nectar-feeding bird found across savannas, woodlands of subSaharan Africa. markscheflen.com #greenthroated #sunbirds #bwindiImpenetrableforest #albertinerift #Uganda #montaneforests #birdsofafrica #birdsseenin2026 #birds #biodiversity #conservation
Close up of the dark gill margin of
Mycena pelianthina - Blackedged Bonnet
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #mycenapelianthina #biodiversity #conservation #nature #natureconnection #coalspoilhabitat
Mycena pelianthina - Blackedged Bonnet
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #mycenapelianthina #biodiversity #conservation #nature #natureconnection #coalspoilhabitat
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Close up of the dark gill margin of
Mycena pelianthina - Blackedged Bonnet
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #mycenapelianthina #biodiversity #conservation #nature #natureconnection #coalspoilhabitat
Mycena pelianthina - Blackedged Bonnet
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #mycenapelianthina #biodiversity #conservation #nature #natureconnection #coalspoilhabitat
Cloud of spores released by this Otidea bufonia - Toad's Ear by blowing on it.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #spores #ascomycetes #toadsear #coalspoil #coalspoilhabitat #coaltip
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #spores #ascomycetes #toadsear #coalspoil #coalspoilhabitat #coaltip
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Cloud of spores released by this Otidea bufonia - Toad's Ear by blowing on it.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #spores #ascomycetes #toadsear #coalspoil #coalspoilhabitat #coaltip
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #spores #ascomycetes #toadsear #coalspoil #coalspoilhabitat #coaltip
Protecting the beauty of nature is our duty! This stunning Red Avadavat (Strawberry Finch) reminds us why biodiversity conservation is essential. Let’s unite to safeguard wildlife and their natural habitats!
March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Protecting the beauty of nature is our duty! This stunning Red Avadavat (Strawberry Finch) reminds us why biodiversity conservation is essential. Let’s unite to safeguard wildlife and their natural habitats!
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#CaptionThatBird #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #birders #BirdOfTheDay #birdsky #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology #spoonbill #sleepy
#CaptionThatBird #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #birders #BirdOfTheDay #birdsky #conservation #biodiversity #nature #ecology #spoonbill #sleepy
September 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
A photographer could have captured this Calocera pallidospathulata - Pale Stagshorn amazingly, but I hope I've captured some of its beauty at just 2mm tall
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #dacrymyces #calocera #fungiphotography
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #dacrymyces #calocera #fungiphotography
December 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A photographer could have captured this Calocera pallidospathulata - Pale Stagshorn amazingly, but I hope I've captured some of its beauty at just 2mm tall
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #dacrymyces #calocera #fungiphotography
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #Conservation #biodiversity #ecology #natureconnection #citizenscience #dacrymyces #calocera #fungiphotography
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
iucn.org
July 29, 2026 at 6:40 PM
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation
iucn.org/news/202607/...
One more for today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #BirdsInAbstract. This tricolored heron was enjoying the warm golden glow of sunrise at our local wildlife refuge. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity
September 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
One more for today's #BirdoftheDay theme of #BirdsInAbstract. This tricolored heron was enjoying the warm golden glow of sunrise at our local wildlife refuge. #photography #wildlife #ECK #birds #Birdsky #birders #herons #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity
Here's another black and white image with a rather dystopian edge to it. Kinda how I've been feeling lately with all that's going on.
#SaveOurPlanet #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity #GlobalWarming #MassExtinction #CleanWater #BluePlanet #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife
#SaveOurPlanet #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity #GlobalWarming #MassExtinction #CleanWater #BluePlanet #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife
September 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Here's another black and white image with a rather dystopian edge to it. Kinda how I've been feeling lately with all that's going on.
#SaveOurPlanet #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity #GlobalWarming #MassExtinction #CleanWater #BluePlanet #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife
#SaveOurPlanet #conservation #nature #environment #climate #biodiversity #GlobalWarming #MassExtinction #CleanWater #BluePlanet #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife
Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation
go.nature.com/3O6gR6t
go.nature.com/3O6gR6t
Young tropical forests help to reverse biodiversity losses
Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation.
go.nature.com
April 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Forests that regrow on farmland are resilient and regain much of their lost biodiversity and species richness in 30 years — a finding with implications for conservation
go.nature.com/3O6gR6t
go.nature.com/3O6gR6t
Cooper's Hawk taking an icy cold bath, Loch, Central Park, NYC #coopershawk #birdsofprey #hawks #centralparknyc #biodiversity #conservationphotography markscheflen.com #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlbirdphotography #birdseenin2026 #conservation
January 30, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Cooper's Hawk taking an icy cold bath, Loch, Central Park, NYC #coopershawk #birdsofprey #hawks #centralparknyc #biodiversity #conservationphotography markscheflen.com #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlbirdphotography #birdseenin2026 #conservation