Communication in order to share information between conspecifics is very common in nature. Just think about male birds singing very loudly early in the morning with the dual purpose of telling conspecific males that this spot is taken as well as getting information through to the females what a hunk he is, or the male…
Why aren´t there any plantimals on land? The idea of finding a use for waste from industrial production is of course a great way of increasing ones profits. In Sweden, the paper industry fuels itself to a large extent by using waste products from the plant fiber extraction, and copper refineries nowadays make loads of…
On one of last week’s morning dives we went to the southern end of the Lembeh Strait to check out some divesites that haven’t been visited for a while. The first dive we did at Wangurer – a black sand muck dive on the very southern mainland side of the strait. Basicly it is a…
The Rhinopias are without question one of the most highly prized finds in Muck and Macro Diving. They are the most beautiful members of the Scorpionfish Family, have a good size for photography and … they are pretty rare. In Lembeh Strait you can find two different types of Rhinopias: The Paddleflap Rhinopias (rhinopias eschmeyeri)…
Our many times repeater guests Tom and Susan come to NAD-Lembeh since many years and spend several weeks with us each winter. So we are very happy that our good friend Tom has reached the magic number of 1500 dives while diving here with us. When Simon found out yesterday he insisted on taking a…
The IWUPC 2013 (Indonesia World Underwater Photo Contest) is a competition by the indonesian government inteded to promote Indonesia as a diving destination. With prices valued at 200,000 US$ and a Jury of well known Names in Underwater Photography it surely also attracted many first class Photographers. The basic priciple of the contest was, that photographers…