Ocean News

In my previous blog, I wrote about how our team captured sharks from the deep waters off the Great Barrier Reef and brought them back to our lab for analysis. Using small pieces of muscle, we are using…

‘Big Brother’. For anyone reading these words who also knows George Orwell’s novel 1984, a negative image of a society under total surveillance by the authorities will probably come to mind. To me, they signify an opportunity to…

Lauren Meyer and Madeline Green are the founders of Shark Share Global, a newly launched online platform that enables researchers to share shark and ray samples with other scientists around the globe. We asked them a few questions about their new initiative and the impact they hope it will have.…

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 31 July 2017 The grant is dedicated to supporting early career scientists, conservationists and educators with original and innovative projects. It represents a unique opportunity for these early career professionals to make their first mark in the realm of marine conservation and is designed to provide funding for…

The conservation of natural resources, especially in poor regions where there is a strong dependence on these resources, is still an uphill task, with a multitude of factors in play. Numerous efforts have been made to address biodiversity…

Tristan Guttridge is the scientific director of the Bimini Biological Field Station, based at Bimini in The Bahamas. In February this year, he and his team published a new paper that reveals the migration patterns of great hammerhead sharks between Bimini and the coast of nearby Florida. In this interview…

Mi primer lugar de investigación en el Parque Nacional Natural Corales de Rosario y San Bernardo fue Isla Grande. Isla Grande es una hermosa isla de 2 km2, la isla más grande del parque, que también explica el…

My first field site in Colombia’s Natural National Park Corals of Rosario and San Bernardo was Isla Grande. This beautiful island covers two square kilometres (0.8 square miles), which makes it the largest island in the park and…

Easter Island, also known by the Polynesian name Rapa Nui, is a mysterious place hidden in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Located 2,100 kilometres (1,300 miles) east of the Pitcairn Islands, the nearest inhabited archipelago, Rapa Nui…

In April 2016 I had the amazing opportunity to be part of the development of an action plan to save one of the world’s most threatened shark species, the Angelshark Squatina squatina, from extinction. Since 2014 the Angel…

We are proud to continue working with the following researchers and conservationists: Partners: Project leader: Guy Stevens Location: Global Project: A global strategy and action plan for the long-term conservation of mobulid rays Project leaders: Janie Wray and Hermann Meuter Location: Great Bear Rainforest, British Colombia, Canada Project: Identifying critical…

Save Our Seas Foundation is proud to announce our new Keystone Grant winners for 2017! The Save Our Seas Foundation is committed to protecting our oceans by funding and supporting research, conservation and education projects worldwide, focusing primarily on charismatic threatened wildlife and their habitats. Our Keystone Grant aims to…