Press Releases

Ernst & Young professionals volunteer for Earthwatch Institute research expeditions

This week, Ernst & Young will announce a new volunteer program in coordination with the Earthwatch Institute.

Earthwatch Institute moves world headquarters to Harvard property in Allston

Earthwatch Institute, a leading international nonprofit environmental organization, will move its world headquarters to the Allston neighborhood of Boston this spring, Harvard University announced today (March 24).

Harvard Gazette story: Earthwatch comes to Allston

• With sidebar on former teacher fellow Jennifer Bremer.

Harvard Crimson story: Vacant Allston Property Leased

Earthwatch Advisory on the Seychelles

This advisory primarily addresses incidents of the hijacking of vessels by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, in an area between the Somalian coast and the Seychelles, including the exclusive economic zone waters of the Seychelles.

Earthwatch Advisory on Chile

This advisory contains a review of the facts known to date, and offers information for any volunteers who will field on our “Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Cultures” project.

Earthwatch in Copenhagen

Charity profiles its flagship programs on climate change.

Earthwatch Advisory on the Seychelles

This advisory primarily addresses incidents of the hijacking of vessels by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, in an area between the Somalian coast and the Seychelles, including the exclusive economic zone waters of the Seychelles.

Earthwatch Awards First Media Fellowships

Earthwatch ran a team of volunteers comprised solely of media professionals for the first time in its 38-year history last month.

Trash-eating Turtles Dying in Record Numbers

Studies led by Dr. Kathy Townsend from The University of Queensland indicate that more than 35% of the sea turtles she has studied in Australia died from eating trash.

Kenya Travel Advisory

This advisory primarily addresses drought conditions and altercations over livestock in northeastern Kenya, an area near the site of Earthwatch’s Samburu Communities and Wildlife project. Currently we are planning on fielding all currently scheduled teams but we wanted to provide background about the situation to keep you fully informed about our safety protocols.

Tampa Bay Rays Sent Six Local Teachers on International Earthwatch Expeditions

Six local teachers who participated on Earthwatch expeditions this summer thanks to support from the Rays Baseball Foundation will be recognized at a special awards ceremony before the Rays-Blue Jays game on Friday, September 18th, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Earthwatch scientists discover 18 new species

Findings in South Africa could help protect area threatened by development.

Hungry caterpillars choose wrong diet to ward off greatest enemy

Scientists have long thought that caterpillars that eat plant toxins were protecting themselves from predation.
But a surprising new study in Ecology Letters shows that these toxins actually render caterpillars more vulnerable to their greatest enemy of all: the parasitoids. Parasitoids include wasps and flies that lay their eggs inside the caterpillar, feasting on its tissues and killing it in the process.