Rats, an invasive species, exert an important predation on baby green sea turtles on Tetiaroa atoll. Rats are able to feel the imminent hatching of a nest and extract the baby turtles from the sand, as you can see in the video below! This video was filmed thanks to an infrared camera installed next to […]

Matapo, a blind hawksbill sea turtle following a speargun injury, is a resident of the Sea turtle care center since May 2009. Due to her handicap, she is fed squids, fishes and algae with a clamp. The lagoon’s natural water allows our resident turtles to face the competition of small fishes for their food, like […]

A record nesting emergence of 131 healthy baby green sea turtles from the same nest on the motu Onetahi, where The Brando hotel is located. The 3-year cycle observed by our teams is confirmed: a high year in terms of laying followed by an average year and a low year. We wish these baby turtles […]

The bad weather does not stop the teams of Te mana o te moana. Coral cutting work for the maintenance of the underwater trail continues. The goal of coral cuttings is to recover broken fragments before they are covered in sand and thus die. The method used is inspired by the method of Tamarii pointe […]