Ocean News

Wenzel Pinto’s first international journey landed him on the shores of Cameroon, West Africa. An Ocean Storytelling Writing Grant Winner, he arrived eager to explore the similarities and differences between his work at Lakshadweep, an archipelago in India, and Littoral Cameroon. Here, in a country with such dizzying diversity in…

On assignment in Mexico, Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant Winner Acacia Johnson found a story that asks us to honour the past in order to re-imagine the future. On a coastline where change is happening apace, shark scientists Ilse Martínez-Candelas and Nadia Rubio have found tales of an ocean already gone…

Through words and illustrations by Dylan McGarry, readers and viewers alike are invited to ponder ‘why conservation storytelling needs a course correction’. In Dylan’s narrative, we learn of his longing for a “reparative conservation storytelling ethic … a storytelling ethic that re-orientates conservation towards care that is relational, accountable and…

In the intertidal zone where land meets sea, the ebb and flow of the rising and falling tides exposes a natural laboratory; one on which Sarang Naik, Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant Winner, has trained his lens. Whether on India’s bustling Mumbai coast, or South Africa’s more rural Mdumbi rocky coast,…

In conversation with Noel Kok, co-founder of NEWF – Nature Environment & Wildlife Filmmakers and National Geographic Explorer, we learn about flipping the script of Africa(ns) as a perception. Lauren De Vos chatted to Noel about breaking barriers, cultivating community and building a fair platform for Africa’s offerings on an…

Fanni Daniella Szakál, Ocean Storytelling Writing Grant Winner, travelled to the Port of Ngqura, an industrial harbour east of Gqeberha, South Africa. This port, some researchers claim, has a higher abundance of fish than anywhere else along this country’s coastline. Reporting on the research of Save Our Seas Foundation project…

When she was on assignment exploring shark and ray fisheries in Ghana and Cameroon, Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant Winner Gabriella Angotti-Jones used her lens to capture the spirit and experience of West Africa. Her photographic journey reflects a scattered marketplace of moments and memories, where each image vies for your…

Far out in the Pacific Ocean lies Mo’orea, an island set in a sprawling tapestry of five archipelagos in French Polynesia. Ash-grey volcanic tips, lush green foliage and white sandy beaches give way to flourishing coral reefs that encircle the island. Travelling across seas in 2023, Ocean Storytelling Writing Grant…

Thomas Peschak has spent more than 20 years bringing stories about our oceans and rivers, as a National Geographic Photographer and Explorer and as the Save Our Seas Foundation Director of Storytelling, to audiences across the planet. Thomas Peschak shares his insights into impact-driven conservation storytelling in conversation with Lauren…

Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant Winner, Shane Gross, transports us to D’Arros Island and St Joseph Atoll, on the far-flung Outer Islands of the Seychelles. At one of the earth’s last living laboratories, a tropical paradise, a conservation story must hint at an ugly truth: life on our planet is in…

Save Our Seas Foundation Conservation Fellow Dr Issah Seidu is one of the winners of the 2026 Whitley Award for Nature. He is using the award to expand his work into more community-led conservation action, which includes training fishers, protecting habitats and supporting alternative livelihoods, as well as backing the…

The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) Conservation Fellowship was launched in 2023 to celebrate 20 years of the SOSF. It directly supports the living costs of someone carrying out shark and ray conservation work in the Global South, or in a region where conservation resources and investment have been scarce.…

The Save Our Seas Foundation was proud to support the Blue Resources Trust in hosting the 5th Sharks International in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 4 to 8 May 2026. The first global shark and ray conference to convene in Asia, it was attended by more than 800 delegates, who talked…

How rocks are reshaping the way we age river sharks Where we live leaves its traces – in bones, in teeth and, in the case of sharks, in the blocks that build their backbones. Geochemists Hilary Lewis and Brandon Mahan and shark scientist Michael Grant combined their skills and found…

We are thrilled to announce the 27 recipients of our Small Grants for 2026. These scientists, educators and conservationists hail from 23 countries around the world and they include young researchers starting out, experienced conservationists with hard-earned insights, and change-makers thinking critically about how to achieve the change we need.…