Two Dutch Caribbean tiger sharks follow similar migration patterns
PHILIPSBURG - The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) organised the first-of-its-kind shark tagging expedition to the Saba Bank and St. Maarten two years ago as part of the Dutch Postcode Lottery funded “Save More...
U.S. Ambassador visits CARMABI research station
WILLEMSTAD - The Ambassador of the United States in The Netherlands, Peter Hoekstra, visited the Carmabi Research Station this week. The visit was planned because of the growing collaboration between Curacao and More...
Sea Turtle Conservation Curaçao starts crowdfunding
WILLEMSTAD - Sea Turtle Conservation Curaçao (STCC) wants to investigate the turtle disease that was discovered in January at nine different locations in the Curaçao waters. In order to do this, the organization More...
Research into quality of life
WILLEMSTAD - Interviewers from Sonoro will take the street to visit households in connection with a survey about life in Curacao. 2300 Randomly chosen households answer questions about health and well-being. The More...
Research vessel to visit islands in Feb. & March
TEXEL - A Netherlands Maritime Research Institute NIOZ research ship and a team with almost 100 scientists will visit the Windward Islands during part of February and March 2018 to conduct research in the sea surrounding More...
Press Release: The Curaçao Longitudinal Study of Resilience and Delinquency
WILLEMSTAD - In May and June of this year, the 3th round of the protective factors study on the development of resilience and problematic behavior took place. Over 1300 students from the 2nd year of Havo / VWO, More...
Human trials of revolutionary new anti-aging drug to begin this year
NEW SOUTH WALES – Australian scientists have made a revolutionary breakthrough that comes close to the effects of the mythical fountain of youth. The researchers, from the University of New South Wales, developed More...
Use of genetically modified mosquitoes to kill disease-carrying vectors expands after success
OXFORD, England – A project using genetically modified (GM) male mosquitoes to kill off the disease-carrying vectors is being expanded in Brazil, as the country battles an outbreak of Zika virus. The ‘Friendly More...
