New film coming soon... #BoneSharkIsland! Excited about our upcoming short showcasing new whale shark research. Filmed in St Helena with expert Kenickie Andrews & the amazing St Helena National Trust team, generously supported by fsbi🎞️🦈🍿#sthelena image credit Michelle Fletcher

Join AIG's conservation interns as they excavate their first nest at North East Bay Nature Reserve. Head to our YouTube Channel for the full video: youtu.be/T5Fqph_Menw #TurtleTuesday🐢@bluemarinefoundation @bluebeltprogramme 🎥: Kashmir Flint 🎶:epidemicsound.com/track/wh7T7ZsU…

Our Midas CTD+ is back in action after receiving some much needed maintenance. We're now ready for some serious data collection around the island! #smallislandBIGVISION 📷:Lorna West

The Ascension Explorers played a unique game of bingo from Global Ocean Wildlife Analysis Network which showcased some of the results from BRUVs (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) across UKOTs. We enjoyed finding species common in our Ascension Island MPA

Speeding up Ascension's wildlife 🐌🐟🦀 #smallislandBIGVISION 🎥:Tobias Capel and Lorna West 🎶:epidemicsound.com/track/P9m1EUYG…

It has only been a few weeks since the last of Ascension's nesting turtles returned to Brazil to feed and we are missing them already! #TurtleTuesday 🐢 🎥:Lorna West 🎶:epidemicsound.com/track/EgM8eSeN…

📍 Ascension Island is a biodiversity-haven that cradles life in all colors and forms. 🗺️ With at least 67 unique species inhabiting the island, see how authorities are harnessing #MarineManager to better inform its conservation and management. bit.ly/3RgdIzh

What would we do without the Moray? We conduct all our fieldwork on the Moray, a 9 meter rib with two 4-stroke outboard engines with 140hp each. 🎥:Lorna West, Tobias Capel and Dan Simpson 🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/6RxyXDAr…

35 new satellite tags have arrived on Ascension, destined for juvenile masked boobies in the upcoming breeding season. These are part of the Biodiversity Challenge Funds Protecting Seabirds Across Borders project to understand how our seabirds interact with global fisheries outside the Ascension Island MPA

Whale sharks are occasionally seen around the Ascension Island MPA with normally one or two sightings each year. Our sister island St Helena MPA though is a breeding ground for the largest fish in the ocean! #InternationalWhaleSharkDay 📸 Laura Shearer

Ascension's turtles are very photogenic, don't you think? #TurtleTuesday 🐢 Here's a collection of some of our favourite turtle snaps, many taken during the recent 2024 turtle nesting season. 📷: See bottom right of photos 🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/nEcCdnfn…

On Monday, we spent the day putting up a new shed next to the DNA lab. We thought assembling a flat pack shed would be a breeze but it was completely unhinged 🥁 #flatpacknightmare Now we have somewhere to store all of our sciencey bits and bobs! #smallislandBIGVISION

🗺️ For the team Ascension Conservation, it's important to understand how Ascension Island MPA seabirds are spending their time away from the island.

It's hard work being a turtle sometimes #TurtleTuesday 🐢 It can take several hours for a turtle to choose her spot, dig a body pit, dig an egg chamber, lay 120 eggs, cover up her nest and return to the sea...& even longer if she abandons her first attempt! #smallislandBIGVISION

Check out these dolphins riding the Moray's bow 💙🐬 #WorldDolphinDay Always a pleasure to see these incredible animals living happy lives in our MPA! 🎥:Lorna West 🎶: epidemicsound.com/track/u4kQ1Mgm…