Ocean News

August in Belize: calm seas, hot days, and breezy nights. And night sharks. They’re here every year, just off the south tip of Glover’s Reef Atoll. And they’re huge. This is what I’ve been hearing since we first…

Our search for sawfishes in the waters of the northern parts of Queensland, Australia, certainly takes us into some very special ecosystems. Most are classified as arid bush or grassland, but recently our search took us to the…

Since my last update, something has changed: turtle Marco Dalla’s prototype started to work – more or less. As I said in the previous post, the logger didn’t send a signal at first, but after a few weeks…

Bimini in The Bahamas has become world famous for providing the opportunity to dive with – and photograph – great hammerhead sharks in provisioned dives to the west of the island. The sandy seabed at a depth of…

Words by: Daniela Vilema and Beatriz Mariño ‘Galápagos needs sharks, sharks need Galápagos.’ This is the main focus of the environmental education workshops that have been developed for 5th, 6th and 7th graders in all the schools of…

Developing a low-cost instrument to track marine animals can be challenging. The instruments most used for this purpose are the Argos satellite transmitters, but they are very expensive and, in some cases, imprecise in estimating the real position…

Deep-water ecosystems are unlike any other habitat on our planet. Imagine (if you can!) living in a world 200 metres below the ocean’s surface. At this depth sunlight is very limited and the temperature is usually cold and…

One of the most exciting aspects of conducting marine research is that you can be studying animals that are up to five metres across and have no idea where they are, where they go or why they choose…

The day was going to be an exciting one! I check my bag once more, making sure I haven’t forgotten anything, before I step out of my bure, a little traditional wooden hut. I am in Fiji, the…

The Save Our Seas Foundation’s Shark Education Centre in Kalk Bay, South Africa has been upgrading and adding new exhibits, with an emphasis on creating an experience for visitors that is unique, educational and fun, and the brand new Shark Senses VR exhibit, which uses virtual reality, is part of…

The accolade for one of the most interesting and hilarious stars on our BRUVs footage undoubtedly goes to an invertebrate: the ever-surprising octopus. In False Bay, we most often see the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris). One of my…

New research from the Save Our Seas Foundation D’Arros Research Centre, in collaboration with the Marine Biological Association of the UK, enhances the design of a marine protected area. How do you decide on the size and shape of a marine protected area (MPA)? Over 9,000 MPAs have been established…