Each month Earthwatch focuses on a chosen research area or destination to bring you highlights of our research expeditions, country fact files and other useful facts and tips:
The Great Barrier Reef and The Wet Tropics World Heritage Area in Australia are two of 851 sites designated as World Heritage sites all over the world.
The town of Churchill, Manitoba, is one of the locations of the Earthwatch project Climate Change at the Arctic's Edge.
Despite its small size, this tiny Central American nation is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, largely as a result of its varied topography and its geographical position at a biological crossroads between South and North America.
When did humans first arrive in Europe? How did they get here, and how did they live?
Cetaceans are a group of aquatic mammals, including whales, dolphins and porpoises...
With a staggering diversity of wildlife, stunning scenery and the chance to get close to large mammals, South Africa is internationally renowned as one of the most popular African destinations.
Scotland is at a crossroads of climatic zones and ocean currents, and of arctic and temperate species.
Madagascar is a large island in the Southern Indian Ocean separated from Southern Africa by the Mozambique Channel.