Ocean News

Being a CEO of Save Our Seas is a fantastic job! I still feel honored that I have the opportunity to do this. Right now, I am in the Maldives, together with Guy Stevens, Save Our Seas supported…

“This year may be remembered as the ‘summer of the shark hunt’,” stated Christopher Neff, University of Sydney doctoral research student studying the politics of shark attacks. Neff added, “Shark bites are terrible events and for a third time this year Western Australia has endured another tragedy. But there is…

From the 15th to 23rd of October, members of the Shark Alliance in Europe are running a week of activities for supporters and other shark enthusiasts to find out more about shark conservation and to add their voices to those demanding that policy makers secure the future health of shark…

South Africa is internationally recognized for its plethora of wildlife on land and in the sea. It is a country blessed with charismatic fauna ranging from the powerful rhinoceros to the most formidable marine predator, the Great White…

Even the smallest satellite tags that we use for our neonate sea turtles are too large for hatchlings. So, the neonate green turtles, caught at the nest, grow in our laboratory for several months before we test various…

Each year the Maldivian Manta Ray Project is joined by volunteers from around the world who participate in the research activities to gain valuable experience or to work towards a project of their own. This blog tells the…

In my last entry about the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, I was spinning excitedly in my office chair because we were named Finalists for Best Children’s Program. But guess what? We WON!!!!! So now I’m whirling so…

After my first dive at the aptly named ‘Manta Point’ at Bali’s Nusa Penida island earlier in the year, the large number of dive boats crowding the site left me feeling concerned about the safety of the manta…

Andrea Marshall, who heads up the Ray of Hope project, was in Ecuador recently to satellite tag mantas and try to shed some light on an intriguing mystery: could mantas from aggregation sites on the mainland be traveling all the way to the Galapagos, almost 1000 km from shore? Along…

SOSF-sponsored marine podcast Naked Oceans is back for a second series, with this month’s episode focusing on life and death in the ancient seas. Listen in to learn about how life emerged from the oceans – and how it almost came to an end, as well as what the past…

The prestigious Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival concluded last week, and we’re proud to announce that The Riddle Solvers: The Shark Riddle won the award for best children’s program! The program was co-produced by Sisbro Studios and Save Our Seas Foundation. The Shark Riddle follows the a brother/sister riddle solving…

The 2011 manta ray season has been one of the most interesting yet for the MMRP. We’ve seen a lot less mantas than we have in previous years, but we’ve made some interesting discoveries about why this might…