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21 stories tagged Marine Conservation
One year after Thailand's first leopard shark rewilding releases, seven spotted sharks — from Similan to Hope — are being tracked across Phang Nga Bay by shark nannies, 20 underwater listeners and everyday photo-snapping divers.
During Maya Bay's annual two-month closure, Thai researchers counted a record 278 blacktip reef sharks in one dawn drone survey on 2 September 2026 — up from 158 last year. Here's how they did it, and why the quiet season matters.
Four giant Ramayana sculptures — including a six-metre Thotsakan — are in their final month of construction in Phuket before sinking to Siam Bay, Racha Yai, as a coral-friendly underwater art museum.
On 12 August 2026, Ao Tang Khen Bay near Cape Panwa hosts a free Dugong Festival filled with documentary screenings, recycled-art workshops, and a community beach clean-up. It is a warm, practical way to meet one of Thailand’s most beloved marine animals while learning why seagrass matters so much to Phuket’s coast.
Phuket’s Dugong Festival 2026 is bringing film, recycled-art workshops, a community beach clean-up, and shoreline learning to Ao Tang Khen Bay on 12 August. It is a warm, easy way to spend time by the sea while learning why dugongs and seagrass matter along Thailand’s Andaman coast.
Phang Nga is one of only two Thai provinces where leatherbacks — the largest, deepest-diving turtles on Earth — come ashore to nest. With fewer than 10 nesting females left in Thailand, a network of rangers, villagers, and scientists is working quietly through the night to keep them coming back.
Since 2018, a Khao Lak conservation team has bred and released 200 brownbanded bamboo sharks into the Andaman Sea — small, gentle predators whose return helps coral reefs heal.
A small, beautifully banded carpet shark is quietly rebuilding coral reefs off Khao Lak. Since 2018, a local nursery has released over 200 bamboo sharks into the Andaman Sea — and the science behind why it works is more fascinating than you'd expect.
As southern Thailand's seagrass meadows decline, dugongs are migrating northward to Phang Nga and Phuket — where an 800,000-square-metre restoration project races to secure their future.
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