Ocean News

The insights gained from a coast-wide network of researchers working collaboratively to tag and track marine animals have been celebrated in a new paper: ‘A Decade of South Africa’s Acoustic Tracking Array Platform: An Example of a Successful Ocean Stewardship Programme.’ The paper, published in the journal Frontiers in Marine…

There are none so seductive among storytellers as Scheherazade. Stalling for time, staving off her impending death night after night, the framing character for the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales that we know as the One Thousand and One Nights entranced a king and won his pardon. Perhaps Scheherazade knew…

Punchy facts, quirky illustrations and a fervent desire to equip us with the knowledge we need to respect and protect sharks. These are the hallmarks of Save Our Sharks, a book recently published by the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) and author Xavier Casile. The project is a collaboration between…

Over the past few years, there have been some remarkable ‘ocean wins’ which remind us that around the world there are researchers, educators, policymakers and everyday people hard at work to ensure a blue future for us all. In the build-up to World Ocean Day 2022, we've celebrated these passionate…

‘To my surprise, there was absolutely no information about Ghana’s elasmobranchs and very little about sharks and rays generally in West Africa,’ says Issah Seidu, a Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) project leader and a PhD candidate at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. His enthusiasm for his work…

Forged by the clash of tectonic titans over millions of years, the Galápagos Islands are standing echoes of the past. A look into the rich waters that surround the volcanic archipelago offers a similar window through time, to when the underwater world was not so impacted by our own. The…

It is with the shared aim of preventing the extinction of shark species and maintaining healthy oceans that the Save Our Seas Foundation has joined the Shark Conservation Fund as one of its members. The Shark Conservation Fund (SCF), is a philanthropic collective that focuses on protecting our oceans by…

The SOSF Small Grant application for the 2023 funding cycle is now open, with a deadline of 14 June 2022, at 18:00 CET. The Small Grant is designed for short (12- to 18-month) and small projects (grants average US$5,000) dedicated to early career scientists (within five years of a degree…

Sharks & rays belong to the world's most threatened group of animals. SOSF is proud to be working with Important Shark and Ray Areas to identify habitats critical to shark and ray species so that they may aid in spacial planning worldwide.

This desire to understand the ‘why’ (the drivers) of where and how animals move is key to the mission of our D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC). The team here works to monitor the many vulnerable species that call these waters home. It’s a natural ocean observatory – the perfect place to…

Change is hard. We seldom like it, and when it concerns altering our lifestyle, we’re often hard-pressed to commit to the short-term discomfort. But the world’s leading climate scientists have released their final warning shot. At the core of the IPCC report’s message is a call to action for us:…

As Covid-19 swept around the world, humans’ lives changed significantly, as did the lives of many other species. But was the pandemic good news for the oceans’ inhabitants or is the real story more complex?

As soon as the fish took the bait, explorer Mike Hedges had lost control of the boat. Despite his best efforts, the wooden yacht was being towed by one of the strongest fishes he had ever hooked. It was 1921 and the experienced captain was on the last fishing trip…

The SOSF Keystone Grant application for the 2023/24 funding cycle is now open, with a deadline of 16 May 2022, at 18:00 CET. The grant is dedicated to supporting all scientists, conservationists and educators with original and innovative projects which target a clearly defined question or conservation issue. The funding…

This year marks a heartening return to the core of the Save Our Seas Foundation’s funding mission: to give young scientists a head start and support their ability to become the change-makers of our future through our Small Grants funding programme.   We are delighted to announce an array of…