Ocean News

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…

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…

We have spent the last few weeks trying to get all the permits from the relevant Ministries to visit the island of Kos for our project. Last week we received the final permit and here we go!!! As…

The conservation of sharks and their ecosystems is not a “one size fits all” type of problem. Not only are sharks as a taxonomic group incredibly diverse, but so are the values they represent. Trying to protect sharks…

After almost two years in the making, SARA’s sawfish display cases are officially being assembled. In mid-2018, SARA received almost 150 sawfish saws as donations from Queensland Fisheries and members of the general public. Now the ultimate question:…