Looking for good environmental news? You’ll find it in Ecuador, where the government has committed to protecting some of the ocean’s largest inhabitants—manta rays.

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Ecuador’s Government Agrees to Protect Manta Rays

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Herb and Wine Baked Salmon Steaks

Ingredients:
-680g pack frozen salmon steaks, defrosted
-2 x 15ml spoons oil
-30g fish herb selection pack
-125ml dry white wine

Method:
Place each salmon steak on a separate piece of foil brushed with oil.

Divide the herb pack evenly between the four steaks then sprinkle over 2 large spoons of wine and wrap up to form a parcel.

Cook the salmon as per pack instructions (or at 180C for approx 30 minutes).

Remove herbs and serve immediately with new potatoes and green beans.

Working with the California Academy of Sciences which publicized her work, CI-Indonesia’s Crissy Huffard has been studying the evolution of mimicry in Indonesian octopus, which can which can impersonate flatfish, lionfish, and sea snakes to dupe potential predators. Her work was recently published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society As the Science and Monitoring Advisor for CI-Indonesia’s Marine Program working in the Bird’s Head Seascape , I have the chance to observe thousands of incredibly unique, colorful, and unusual species that are found nowhere else on earth, or that have become rare elsewhere. The coral reefs , mangroves, and sandy-bottom communities here are simply mind-boggling, and home to the greatest marine biodiversity left in the ocean, offering us a living laboratory for better understanding how marine ecosystems interact

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Studying Indonesia’s Underwater Magician

by Cory Glauner

Pre season scouting can pay big dividends for doves

Water Holes
Early and late in the day, I make sure that I am sitting at a water hole. One key thing to remember is that doves decoy just like waterfowl do, and full body style dove decoys seem to work the best…. use a lot of them. Once your decoys are out it’s as simple as wearing camouflage and waiting. If you’ve done your homework and you’re sitting a waterhole that the doves are using the doves will come. *By the way, early in the season I prefer to shoot trap/skeet load.

Tree & Field Edges
If you can find a field edge with some trees that the doves are using as a roost, you’ve hit jackpot! I’ve had situations here in Idaho when I’ve had my limit within minutes. A good roost on the edge of a field is one of my favorite places to dove hunt. As with most hunting, scouting can pay huge dividends once you start actually hunting.

That’s pretty much it. Doves are fairly simple and straight forward to hunt, but they are one of the most challenging birds to shoot. They fly erratically and they are fast. They can embarrass the best of shooters. After a few days of dove hunting, shooting for other game birds will seem easy. They’re a great way to start the season.

We have good dove hunting here in the states, but if you really want to experience some incredible dove hunting you need to plan a trip to Mexico or Argentina. The dove hunting at either of these places will blow your mind!

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You can’t kill what you can’t see. Period. It’s not going to happen. Let’s take a look at my personal battery of Big Game Hunting optics and tripods and why I choose them.

You must be able to efficiently locate game game at long distances if you plan on being a successful big game hunter in the wide open spaces of the American West.

My personal choice in binoculars is Swarovski.

The 8 power binoculars allow me to hand hold them steadier than 10′s or 12′s yet still offer me a great field of view. My 8′s are my first step in my glassing and are used to initially sweep and look over an area I intend to glass before setting up the big optics to really dissect my glassing area. I never hike up to a glassing location and sit down before thoroughly covering the area with the 8′s first.

For my tripod mounted pair I rely on the Swarovski 15×56 SLC binoculars.

Zeiss is my number one choice when it comes to spotting scopes.

My spotting scope only comes out as my third step after I have spotted something that is a bit out of reach of my binoculars and needs a closer look. I also rely on my spotting scope to make careful and detailed evaluations of trophy game. My Zeiss spotting scope really allows me to see trophy detail up close and allows you to field judge game at long distances without any fear of getting too close and spooking anything. The farther you can stay away from game when scouting, the better.

Last week, a pea-sized frog species – thought to be the Old World’s tiniest – was recognized as a species new to science. Dr

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Old World’s smallest frog is discovered in Borneo

The decline of global fisheries such as bluefin tuna, the unsustainable “race for fish”, and livelihoods of subsistence fishers were just a few of the issues addressed by CI Science Advisor Dr. Bryan Wallace in a recent interview on the Voice of America (VOA) public affairs program “On the Line.” It broadcasts on radio, television, and online in English-speaking countries around the world. Together with conservationist and author Richard Ellis, Dr

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CI’s Dr. Bryan Wallace Discusses Declining Fisheries

Earlier this month, CI announced the discovery of a new species of titi monkey by some of our partner researchers at the National University of Colombia. Here, biology student and primate researcher Javier García reflects on his involvement in the discovery.

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From the field: discovery and conservation in Caquetá, Colombia

As you read this, the first of perhaps 10 million waterfowl that
winter in Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are flying south. Each year,
fewer acres of marsh and barrier-island habitat await them. This
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Trouble in the Gulf Part 3: Regaining Paradise

CI-Philippines Executive Director Romeo Trono talking to the media during the 2nd Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Congress. We have just wrapped up the second day of the 2 nd Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Congress, a gathering of around 150 stakeholders from CI’s marine biodiversity conservation corridors in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape , a 100 million-hectare (almost 250 million-acre) area in the waters shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines

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Philippine governor voices support for Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape