Disappearing Bird Species’ Nesting Debut on Desecheo NWR
Audubon’s Shearwaters are nesting on Desecheo Island for the first time ever! Read about how we used social attraction to bring them home.
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Audubon’s Shearwaters are nesting on Desecheo Island for the first time ever! Read about how we used social attraction to bring them home.
Written by Island Conservation (Team) on October 29, 2024
A new article in Caribbean Ornithology heralds the success of one of our most exciting restoration projects: Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico!
Written by Island Conservation on July 3, 2024
A new plan to restore seabird habitats in areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon disaster includes invasive species removal.
Written by Bren Ram on October 6, 2023
Desecheo Island restoration takes another step forward as U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Island Conservation, and Effective Environmental Restoration set up decoys and sound systems to bring seabirds back to the island. On rocky outcrops on the southwestern side of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico two new decoy colonies of Bridled Terns have been set […]
Written by Emily Heber on April 30, 2019
New publication features research by Island Conservation and partners on lessons learned in conservation. In 2017, at the third Island Invasives Conference, held in Dundee, Scotland, Island Conservation staff and experts in the field of invasive species management came together to discuss the successes, failures, and lessons learned from restoration. Island Conservation staff members gave […]
Written by stephanie on April 12, 2019
WIRED features GBIRd and Island Conservation Project Director Karl Campbell in an article about the potential for gene drives to help prevent extinctions of island species. By: Emma Marris KARL CAMPBELL IS a craftsman bedeviled by bad tools. He’s a middle-aged, medium-size, muscular Australian with a five-day beard and an intense gaze who seems perpetually […]
Written by Island Conservation on February 21, 2018