Save Our Seas Foundation
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The Save Our Seas Foundation supports marine projects in the areas of conservation, awareness, research and education.
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As one of the largest annual animal migrations on the planet, the Sardine Run hosts a vast number of fish prey species moving from cool waters to warm waters, which attracts impressive numbers of predators that all feast on the small, journeying fish.
🎥: Dan Beecham
🎥: Dan Beecham
January 19, 2026 at 6:23 PM
As one of the largest annual animal migrations on the planet, the Sardine Run hosts a vast number of fish prey species moving from cool waters to warm waters, which attracts impressive numbers of predators that all feast on the small, journeying fish.
🎥: Dan Beecham
🎥: Dan Beecham
Oriental sweetlips are regular clients at reef cleaning stations where tiny blue-streak cleaner wrasse clean, remove parasites, dead skin, and debris from larger fish. This behaviour is an example of mutualism where both benefit.
📷: Dan Beecham
📷: Dan Beecham
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Oriental sweetlips are regular clients at reef cleaning stations where tiny blue-streak cleaner wrasse clean, remove parasites, dead skin, and debris from larger fish. This behaviour is an example of mutualism where both benefit.
📷: Dan Beecham
📷: Dan Beecham
Two barbels project downward from the blunt snout of this juvenile leopard catshark. These barbels help them locate prey on nocturnal hunts, in the warmer coastal waters of South Africa, where they're resident to the rocky reefs and the kelp forests.
📷: Jake Wilton
📷: Jake Wilton
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Two barbels project downward from the blunt snout of this juvenile leopard catshark. These barbels help them locate prey on nocturnal hunts, in the warmer coastal waters of South Africa, where they're resident to the rocky reefs and the kelp forests.
📷: Jake Wilton
📷: Jake Wilton
Calling all emerging conservation filmmakers.
Applications for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant close on 30 January 2026.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Apply here: grants.saveourseas.com
Applications for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant close on 30 January 2026.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Apply here: grants.saveourseas.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Calling all emerging conservation filmmakers.
Applications for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant close on 30 January 2026.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Apply here: grants.saveourseas.com
Applications for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant close on 30 January 2026.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Apply here: grants.saveourseas.com
Under the expansive cloak of night, Galapagos sharks cruise the balmy waters of Bassas da India, using the low light to their advantage as they roam the vast, inky landscape in search of their next meal.
🎥: Dan Beecham
🎥: Dan Beecham
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Under the expansive cloak of night, Galapagos sharks cruise the balmy waters of Bassas da India, using the low light to their advantage as they roam the vast, inky landscape in search of their next meal.
🎥: Dan Beecham
🎥: Dan Beecham
Satellite tracking of nomadic silky sharks shows they spend about half their time beyond the borders of Eastern Tropical Pacific marine reserves. Beyond this safety, this 'Vulnerable' species is threatened by overfishing.
🎥: Tom Campbell
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Tom Campbell
🎥: Byron Dilkes
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Satellite tracking of nomadic silky sharks shows they spend about half their time beyond the borders of Eastern Tropical Pacific marine reserves. Beyond this safety, this 'Vulnerable' species is threatened by overfishing.
🎥: Tom Campbell
🎥: Byron Dilkes
🎥: Tom Campbell
🎥: Byron Dilkes
Threatened by commercial fisheries and the global fin trade, silky sharks of the Eastern Tropical Pacific marine reserves are highly vulnerable as research shows they spend about half their time beyond the safety of the reserve.
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson | © Save Our Seas Foundation
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson | © Save Our Seas Foundation
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Threatened by commercial fisheries and the global fin trade, silky sharks of the Eastern Tropical Pacific marine reserves are highly vulnerable as research shows they spend about half their time beyond the safety of the reserve.
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson | © Save Our Seas Foundation
Infographic by Kelsey Manners Dickson | © Save Our Seas Foundation
Clutched in their mother’s protective embrace, the eggs of peacock mantis shrimp are aerated for roughly 11 weeks before they start life as tiny larvae. Red or pink in colour, these clutches can be as large as 50,000 eggs! It seems that even in the ocean, motherhood is serious business.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Clutched in their mother’s protective embrace, the eggs of peacock mantis shrimp are aerated for roughly 11 weeks before they start life as tiny larvae. Red or pink in colour, these clutches can be as large as 50,000 eggs! It seems that even in the ocean, motherhood is serious business.
In the final episode of season 8 of the World of Sharks podcast, host Isla sat down with Sarah Fowler and Dr Rima Jabado, to discuss how far we’ve come in the race to save sharks and rays from extinction, and more.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In the final episode of season 8 of the World of Sharks podcast, host Isla sat down with Sarah Fowler and Dr Rima Jabado, to discuss how far we’ve come in the race to save sharks and rays from extinction, and more.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Male Mexican hogfish are easily recognisable by the pronounced hump between the eyes and display a colour pattern distinct from females: a greyish body tinged with red, marked by a yellow bar near the midsection.
📷: Sandra Bessudo
📷: Sandra Bessudo
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Male Mexican hogfish are easily recognisable by the pronounced hump between the eyes and display a colour pattern distinct from females: a greyish body tinged with red, marked by a yellow bar near the midsection.
📷: Sandra Bessudo
📷: Sandra Bessudo
The spiky crown-of-thorns starfish is a wonder to look at. Adorned in bright colours and interesting spikes, these sea stars are native to coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific region and the Great Barrier Reef, where they hide under ledges and reef nooks and crannies.
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The spiky crown-of-thorns starfish is a wonder to look at. Adorned in bright colours and interesting spikes, these sea stars are native to coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific region and the Great Barrier Reef, where they hide under ledges and reef nooks and crannies.
A nesting hawksbill turtle tagged in Seychelles was found dead nearly 1,500 km away on the Kenyan coast. This account traces her journey & what it reveals about migration, fishing pressure, & shared responsibility across the Western Indian Ocean. More below.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A nesting hawksbill turtle tagged in Seychelles was found dead nearly 1,500 km away on the Kenyan coast. This account traces her journey & what it reveals about migration, fishing pressure, & shared responsibility across the Western Indian Ocean. More below.
saveourseas.com/update/seych...
saveourseas.com/update/seych...
How do you map microstructures in the brain of a 5m fish? Kara Yopak and team are using MRI chambers to study the neuroanatomy of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish. More below!
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December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How do you map microstructures in the brain of a 5m fish? Kara Yopak and team are using MRI chambers to study the neuroanatomy of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sawfish. More below!
saveourseas.com/update/devel...
saveourseas.com/update/devel...
Yasmine Mohammad and the BCWhales team spent the day with seventy-nine humpbacks: a rare communion that left them feeling humbled, and in awe of these gentle giants. More below.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Yasmine Mohammad and the BCWhales team spent the day with seventy-nine humpbacks: a rare communion that left them feeling humbled, and in awe of these gentle giants. More below.
saveourseas.com/update/an-en...
saveourseas.com/update/an-en...
A little giant, sheltered beneath its mother’s fin. Every calf’s first lesson: safety in a mother’s care.
🎥: Luke Saddler
🎥: Luke Saddler
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A little giant, sheltered beneath its mother’s fin. Every calf’s first lesson: safety in a mother’s care.
🎥: Luke Saddler
🎥: Luke Saddler
What is the fastest shark? We dove deep into the literature, only to find the answer isn't that straightforward.
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What is the fastest shark? We dove deep into the literature, only to find the answer isn't that straightforward.
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
The shortfin mako shark takes the top spot on the podium.
Click to find out which sharks are ranked in this 'race'.
saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Artwork by Jamy Silver | © SOSF
As night descends on the reef of Costa Rica, whitetip reef sharks pursue their prey. Small and slender, they scour the crevices, wriggling into tight spaces. They are specialists in hunting bony fishes and cephalopods using scent, sound and electroreception.
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As night descends on the reef of Costa Rica, whitetip reef sharks pursue their prey. Small and slender, they scour the crevices, wriggling into tight spaces. They are specialists in hunting bony fishes and cephalopods using scent, sound and electroreception.
Highly revered for their majestic beauty, and highly exploited for their products, the relationship between reef manta rays and humans is conflicted. As demand rises for the gill plates of manta rays, hope persists in ecotourism, where humans want to see them at sea.
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Highly revered for their majestic beauty, and highly exploited for their products, the relationship between reef manta rays and humans is conflicted. As demand rises for the gill plates of manta rays, hope persists in ecotourism, where humans want to see them at sea.
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
📷: Dillys Pouponeau | © SOSF
We are looking for our next Research Coordinator at our D'Arros Research Centre.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We are looking for our next Research Coordinator at our D'Arros Research Centre.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
Based in Seychelles, this person will have a PhD and coordinate research projects, have extensive hands-on fieldwork experience (preferably with sharks), and be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
Adapted to the Great African Seaforest, the kelp crab is a mosaic of earthy colours, with a jagged-textured body, ideal for camouflage in its kelp forest habitat.
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Adapted to the Great African Seaforest, the kelp crab is a mosaic of earthy colours, with a jagged-textured body, ideal for camouflage in its kelp forest habitat.
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
📷 : Jannes Landschoff
The call is out for all emerging conservation filmmakers to apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The call is out for all emerging conservation filmmakers to apply for our Ocean Storytelling Film Grant.
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Here is everything you need to know about this opportunity.
Link to apply: grants.saveourseas.com
Did you know that there are over 60 species of sharks that are luminous? In this episode of World of Sharks, we learn all about the sharks that light up the darkness of the deep sea, with Professor Jerome Mallefet.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Did you know that there are over 60 species of sharks that are luminous? In this episode of World of Sharks, we learn all about the sharks that light up the darkness of the deep sea, with Professor Jerome Mallefet.
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
Listen here: saveourseas.com/worldofshark...
When the sun sets, the fimbriate moray leaves it lair to hunt fish and crustaceans on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. They have a row of large, backward-curved canine teeth running along the roof of their mouths which they use to grip slippery prey.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When the sun sets, the fimbriate moray leaves it lair to hunt fish and crustaceans on the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. They have a row of large, backward-curved canine teeth running along the roof of their mouths which they use to grip slippery prey.
The reefs surrounding D'Arros Island teem with life, a refuge for the interconnected marine ecosystems found here. On this coral reef, a grey reef shark is foregrounded by a school of snappers as it swims by.
📷: Simon Hilbourne
📷: Simon Hilbourne
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The reefs surrounding D'Arros Island teem with life, a refuge for the interconnected marine ecosystems found here. On this coral reef, a grey reef shark is foregrounded by a school of snappers as it swims by.
📷: Simon Hilbourne
📷: Simon Hilbourne
A true oddity of the sea, the red-lipped batfish has evolved adaptations perfect for a life on the seafloor. Its pectoral and pelvic fins have evolved into 'legs' that allow it to waddle along the bottom.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A true oddity of the sea, the red-lipped batfish has evolved adaptations perfect for a life on the seafloor. Its pectoral and pelvic fins have evolved into 'legs' that allow it to waddle along the bottom.