Floating Habitats: Marine Wildlife in a Costa Rican Fjord
Join researchers in a rare tropical fjord on Costa Rica’s southern Pacific coast as you study how floating marine debris is affecting dolphins, sea turtles, and other marine life. Your discoveries will help scientists develop conservation strategies to protect one of the world’s most biodiverse marine environments.
NEW! - Restoring Habitats in Kenya's Greater Maasai Mara
Join scientists to restore Kenya's Greater Maasai Mara Ecosystem through research and conservation within Enarau Wildlife Conservancy and the surrounding landscape. Shed light on habitat degradation and help researchers shape the future of savanna restoration.
NEW! - Rainforest Revival in Costa Rica
Join scientists in the Osa Peninsula to revitalize one of Central America's most biodiverse regions. Participate in pioneering research to study wildlife and restore this vital ecosystem.
Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge
Northern ecosystems are being transformed by climate change. Join this long-term monitoring effort to explore what these changes mean for the arctic—and the rest of the world.
Sea of Giants: Marine Life of the Baja Peninsula
Join researchers on an exciting adventure on the Baja Peninsula as you study large marine animals, including dolphins, humpback whales, and whale sharks. Your findings will help scientists understand the effects of climatic events, urbanization, and a growing marine ecotourism industry on these remarkable marine ecosystems.
Walking With African Wildlife
With your help, Earthwatch researchers are working to ensure the ongoing health of a major South African wildlife preserve.
Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe
Explore the lives of grassland animals, from the hedgehog to the Siberian ibex, to help conserve their wilderness home.
Wildlife in the Changing Andorran Pyrenees
Help discover and protect this delicate Alpine environment from climate change, and from ourselves.
Wildlife and Reforestation in Brazil
Around the world, ecosystems are collapsing as trees are logged and forests disappear. Large-scale reforestation efforts aim to reverse this decline—but how successful are they?
Unearthing Ancient History in Tuscany
The goal of this expedition is simple: to help experts reconstruct the complex past of Populonia as fully as possible.
Trailing Penguins in Patagonia
Be among the first people to get a glimpse of what penguins do far out at sea, and learn how this behaviour could affect their chicks back on land.
Tracking Sharks and Rays in Florida
Join scientists at one of the oldest and largest shark and ray research programs in the world and help protect sharks and rays from overexploitation and environmental threats.
Climate Change and Caterpillars
Help scientists untangle the complex relationships between caterpillars, the plants they eat, the parasitoids that eat them, and the changes in climate that will reshape the rainforest.
Shark Conservation in Belize
In the heart of a Belizean fishing community experience the beauty of the Caribbean Sea as you help save sharks from extinction. You will collaborate with researchers and local fishers to catch and tag sharks, track them with acoustic transmitters, and implement innovative conservation methods.
Restoring Coral Reefs in Bali
Coral reefs worldwide are rapidly disappearing due to climate change and other human impacts. Help researchers investigate whether artificial reef structures can mimic natural coral communities, thereby preserving the biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human communities that rely on coral reefs.
Endangered Whooping Cranes on the Texas Coast
Land use changes and hunting pressure pushed these migratory birds to the brink of extinction. Today, researchers are working to determine how environmental drivers and human influences are impacting the wintering home of the endangered whooping crane
Cuban Wildlife and Tropical Forests
Cuba is on the cusp of a wave of economic development, threatening some of the unique biodiversity living there. Help researchers and wildlife managers to gain a better understanding of wildlife within protected areas in Cuba to better conserve these species.
Killer Whales and Their Prey in Iceland
Be part of the first long-term study to investigate the diet and behavior of Iceland’s killer whales, collecting information vital to protecting this important apex predator.
Following Forest Owls in the Western U.S.
All small forest owls rely on tree cavities for nesting. But what happens when these cavities begin to disappear?
Discovering Ancient Societies in Portugal
Hunter-gatherers and farmers may have coexisted for a brief time in ancient Portuguese societies before the shift to agriculture. Unearth the mystery of this transition.
Costa Rican Sea Turtles
The leatherback sea turtle population in the Pacific, once the stronghold of the species, has decreased by over 90% since 1980. Help scientists investigate this decline and look for ways to save this, and other, sea turtle species.
Conserving Wild Bees and Other Pollinators of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is home to over 400 species of native wild bees and about 50 species of hummingbirds. But habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change threaten the health and survival of pollinators around the world. How can we better protect these important species?
Climate Change: Sea to Trees at Acadia National Park
Help researchers add to over 120 years of data, revealing how our reliance on fossil fuels is affecting one of America’s most beautiful places.
Amazon Riverboat Exploration
Aboard a riverboat deep in the heart of Peru’s flooded Amazon region, you’ll help to conserve river dolphins and monkeys, and protect the fragile South American wilderness.