Reducing Manta Ray Mortality in the World’s Largest Targeted Manta Fishery
By Hollie Booth This Shark Week, take a moment to consider the manta ray. This much-loved gentle giant of the shark and ray (elasmobranch) family is a large, slow-growing and long-lived species, which makes it particularly vulnerable to overfishing. Unfortunately,...
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The Future of Seafood Starts with Sustainable Fishing
By Grace Klinger, Science Communications Fellow at Shedd Aquarium Worldwide, the seafood industry represents $362 billion in first sale value for the global economy and accounts for roughly 59.6 million jobs. Given its economic value, it is important to keep a close...
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Landmark occasion as Wild Dogs return to Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique) after decades of absence
With only around 6,600 Wild Dogs left in Africa, this incredible animal is one of the continent’s most at-risk carnivores, and is listed by the IUCN as Endangered. Urgent action is required to save them, and a key conservation strategy is the reintroduction of packs...
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GoAir launches first-ever Phuket-India direct flights
Phuket, 11 October, 2018 – GoAir, one of India’s fastest growing airlines, launches its first-ever Phuket-India direct flights from New Delhi to Phuket this morning. This slideshow requires JavaScript. All 182 passengers on board GoAir flight G8 31 were warmly...
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Top 25 Marine Birdlife
The oceans were once perceived as an endless abyss, so large that humans could not possibly have any measurable impact on the life within them. However as the human population has boomed, we have begun to impact our oceans more and more. In fact plastics have even...
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Leopards as helpers? How leopards serve their human neighbors in Mumbai, India.
A new study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment shows leopards, the world’s most widespread but persecuted big cat, may be helping local residents in Mumbai by reducing dog bites and rabies risk. The joint lead author of this study, Alex...
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Thailand ranks top in Ctrip’s global destinations during Chinese Golden Week 2018
Bird’s eye view of Bangkok Bangkok, 10 October, 2018 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is pleased to announce that Ctrip.com, China’s largest and most influential online travel agent, has ranked Thailand the number one global destination for Chinese...
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Mangroves mean life for coastal communities throughout the tropics
How we can help mangrovesThere is important mangrove conservation work underway right now, but it is not being done at a scale that can overcome the continued annual rate of destruction. That’s why WWF is collaborating in the Global Mangrove Alliance to support...
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Finding the World’s Most Endangered Gull
When I set out to find a nesting colony of the most endangered gull in the world, I fully expected to fail. Not that it should be hard to find if you’re in the right place, and I was—the river-crossed interior of New Zealand’s South Island. The black-billed...
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Ranger survey reveals harsh conditions
Working on average 76 hours a week, day and night, for less than $9 (US) a day, a staggering 60 percent of rangers indicated they didn’t have access to drinking water or shelter while on patrol. Rangers are also at great risk of infectious diseases. One in four...
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AirAsia launches new flights from Bangkok to Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar this December
Bangkok, 9 October, 2018 – AirAsia further connects Thailand and India with two new routes flying direct from Bangkok to Visakhapatnam and Bhubaneswar, starting this December. The Bangkok-Visakhapatnam is scheduled at four times a week, starting from 7 December. The...
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Insight Thainess Episode 7: The Part of Phuket
[embedded content]TAT Newsroom Short DocumentaryInsight Thainess Episode 7: The Part of PhuketTheme: The Journey of PhuketDuration 3 minutesLocation: Phuket Old Town EPISODE SYNOPSIS Phuket’s glorious history is hidden behind its arts and culture, and also the...
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