Ocean News

Nassau groupers, like many other fish species, reproduce by participating in annual spawning events. In The Bahamas they spawn in winter, around the time of the full moon. It’s amazing to observe these fish transition between colour phases…

Hermann Meuter and Janie Wray have devoted their lives to understanding and protecting the whales of the Great Bear Sea. They live in incredibly isolated conditions, learning to decode the secret lives of Canada’s ocean giants. The Great…

In 2014, Bryan Keller was based at the Bimini Biological Field Station (the Shark Lab), to study the behaviour of juvenile lemon sharks. His project was funded by Save Our Seas Foundation, and earlier this month his research was published in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. We…

By: Mahmood Shivji and Jeremy Vaudo The shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus is one of only a handful of shark species that can maintain a body temperature higher than that of the surrounding water. It is also thought to achieve the fastest swimming speed of any shark. One look at…

I arrived in Cartagena, Colombia, in mid-September 2016 ready for one of the biggest adventures of my life. Doing research in Colombia, particularly shark research, has been one of my life-long dreams since I left my country as…

Llegué a Cartagena, Colombia, a mediados de septiembre del 2016, dispuesta a vivir una de las mayores aventuras de mi vida. Dirigir una investigación científica en Colombia, y en particular sobre tiburones, ha sido uno de mis sueños…

The ocean is a vast and foreboding place, but also a place of complex and unexpected beauty. Unfortunately, not everyone is privileged enough to have access to the magnificent resources below the sea. Like many others involved in…

We live in an age in which effective science communication is becoming more and more important. We also live in a visual world. Being the media manager for the Bimini Biological Field Station (or Shark Lab) has given…

We did it! It was almost surreal to witness it at first hand. There we were, sitting full of anxiety in the convention centre’s plenary room, listening to the Chair announce that a decision had been made. ‘The…

Shark DNA provides exciting insights into their ancient and efficient immune systems A new genomics study of shark DNA primarily funded by Save Our Seas Foundation, including from great white and great hammerhead sharks, reveals unique modifications in their immunity genes that may underlie the rapid wound healing and possibly…

I should probably just get used to being wrong. Every time we pull up a shark species from the deep waters of Belize, I identify the individual to species in the field and mentally file it away. Upon…

The Nassau grouper is one of the top predators in reef habitats. It preys on reef fishes and invertebrates and in doing so helps to maintain the trophic structure. Outside the species’ winter spawning season, individual Nassau groupers…