. SIARC is using eDNA to detect the presence of elasmobranchs in Wales. Fantastic presentation of results from a years worth of surveys in PLAS & CBAE SAC by Sarah Davies at #EEA2023 🦈 Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales ZSL

Plastics & Rays! Jessica Savage talks us through her incredible work exploring the presence and impact of microplastic in Manta Ray feeding grounds in the Indian Ocean. #EEA2023

Opening topic of the last day of #EEA2023 : Elasmo Stranding Events fascinating talks by Rob Deaville about CSIP James Barnett discusses the Greenland Shark necropsy & the discovery of meningitis David Curnick presents info on the small-tooth sandtiger shark strandings

Taking a look at Elasmos in Welsh waters using BRUVs as part of SIARC presented by Alice Chamberlain Jenny Hickman takes us through tourism led monitoring of the blue shark in UK waters & Arthur Roy explains the first porbeagle shark photo ID catalogue #EEA2023

Awesome presentation from Alice Chamberlain at #EEA2023 highlighting some results from our BRUVS work so far, & how with ZSL Instant Wild we are using the videos as a tool to increase access to the underwater world for all 🩵 🦈 Check it out here - instantwild.zsl.org/projects/siarc

One of our Masked Boobies is getting into the spirit of #Halloween by decorating its nest with a range of bones... #Ascension #seabirds

Had a fantastic time with SIARC at #EEA2023 last week connecting and learning from lots of fellow shark conservationists 🦈 Huge thanks to The Shark Trust!

Proud of the angelshark and ZSL gang for an amazing range of talks and posters! 🦈 ZSL Science ZSLMarine ZSL Conservation SIARC Jessica Savage Joanna Barker David Curnick Charlotte Pike @chessie_m Alice Chamberlain

We are thrilled to introduce a new Hope Spot – St Helena Island! 💙🌊 #HopeSpots Video edited by Sean Molloy Media, footage by Cut Canvas Creative, Matthew Hann, Georgia Aquarium, St Helena Government, St Helena National Trust, Blue Marine Foundation & Mission Blue

🧠 Trying to get your brain around all of the new plastic research? Me too… So in an attempt to help my brain, we wrote a an open-access review! 5️⃣ We highlight research developments within the last 5 years

Kea are an Endangered species of parrot endemic to the South Island of New Zealand This weekend I was lucky enough to witness the incredible work of @keaconservation who are using tags to monitor the life cycle, productivity & predator impact of Kea living within Mt Aspiring NP

We saw a wild kiwi! Huge thanks to Ian @ Okarito Kiwi who shared his expertise to help us track & observe the local kiwi population in Okarito - only possible thanks to the extensive predator trapping in NZ 👏 Too busy kiwi spotting for pics so stole this one from Ians website

NZ has the highest proportion of #endangered species of any other country in the world LOVED learning all about how the incredible teams at #SLS, detection dogs of Department of Conservation & BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 are tackling invasive species to help native birds on #smallislands thrive & sing again

There is no denying that #HaLongBay is breathtakingly beautiful but it is heartbreaking to see it flooded with #plasticpollution In just 10 minutes I counted 74 floating pieces of #plastic (on the MarineDebrisTracker app) of which most pieces were chunky pieces of #polystyrene 👎

Botum Sakor NP provides shelter for some of Asia’s most Critically Endangered wildlife It was a privilege to learn from the team at Cardomom tented camp about their work to support the conservation efforts of the Wildlife Alliance rangers to tackle illegal logging & poaching

The most insane amount of plastic I have ever seen. Loved being apart of this project. Read the paper here ➡️ authors.elsevier.com/a/1j7sS,asi9tMr And congrats Jessica Savage and team 🌊

#GlobalPlasticsTreaty

The best place to relax is near water. After just 2 minutes of viewing water outdoors, blood pressure and heart rate drop. It's more calming to look at a lake, pool, or stream than trees or grass. Beaches are popular for a reason. Wider bodies of water bring more tranquility.

🐋Happy #WorldOceanDay. Together the 🇬🇧 & Overseas Territories are the 5th largest marine estate, where small island communities make a big difference: 🐧 millions of #penguins 🪸enormous #coral reefs 🏝️UNESCO UK sites 🐋🐢 globally breeding grounds 🦀 marine protected areas

If you're curious about how UK retailers are progressing toward halving the environmental impact of shopping baskets (including marine 🐟) by 2030, check out our latest report. Spoiler alert: There's still a lot of work to do! 🌍 WWF UK wwf.org.uk/our-reports/wh…