Ocean News

Sharks use magnetic maps to migrate Can you imagine attempting to travel thousands of miles without a map, compass, or GPS to guide you? Many of us would struggle to navigate across a city this way. Yet, migratory marine species manage to navigate their way across seemingly endless oceans to…

Save Our Seas Foundation is proud to announce its official partnership with The Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS). The goal is to increase awareness of the environmental, social and economic impact of marine conservation efforts here and across the world whilst educating people to make a difference.

Our Small Grant applications are Open!   The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) is dedicated to the conservation of our oceans, with a particular focus on securing a sustainable future for sharks and rays. Predators like sharks play a crucial role in healthy marine ecosystems, and the oceans are our…

The BBC Blue Planet II series launched the Seychellois giant trevally to global fame. To better protect this species, scientists monitored where and why the fish roam as they grow.

Finally, the Gulf of Mexico was in sight. For months, we had searched for the goldilocks combination of weather, feasibility, and health & safety to allow a trip to Port Fourchon, Louisiana. We gambled on a two-day trip…

We have always loved the fun and informative poster below, created by Rohan Chakravarty (who some might recognise as Green Humour) for our partners Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation (BBFSF-SharkLab). Inspired by the poster, we reached out to the SharkLab team and asked for their help putting together a little…

In less than a decade, drones have rapidly become indispensable to the world of film and photography. Their reach is ubiquitous as people now use them for everything from personal and professional filming, to conservation management and research. Their key benefit to researchers is the ability to observe animal behaviours…

As shark scientists, The Bahamas is a goldmine. The crystal-clear waters and diversity of environments over and between the limestone banks that make up the country provide habitat for an abundance of sharks and rays. But in late…

Over the past several years, we have travelled to three continents, collaborated with over two dozen sawfish researchers, and visited over 150 natural history collections searching for sawfish saws. Through this global ‘SawSearch’, we have collected over 1,500…

In recent years, marine pollution has become an increasingly hot topic. We are more aware than ever about how human activity is affecting the ocean and what we can do to reduce our impact. If you think about…

In amongst a mangrove forest, it’s easy to get lost in the magic of it all. The stillness of the thick, humid air, rich with that earthy after-rain smell; the vivid greens of the thick waxy leaves. As…

We are losing nature at an unprecedented rate. On land, it’s relatively easy to observe these changes – we see forests shrinking, notice the absence of familiar species. But it’s much harder to know what’s going on in the oceans. Beneath the waves, life – and loss – is hidden…