Save Our Seas Foundation
Unlike the evolutionarily defunct ‘Sid’ from Ice Age, humorously drawn with eyes perched on either side of his head, the bizarrely wide-set eyes of hammerhead sharks serve a very real purpose. They...
"Sharks and rays remain under constant threat from overfishing, as expanding issues such as climate change compromise their ability to recover. And yet we remain optimistic that the tide is turning...
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 difference...
Where zooplankton blooms, reef manta rays gracefully swoop in en masse. Here, on coastal and oceanic reefs, these mantas feed on these tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths wide open and the...
Be it their striking vertical stripes resembling the coat of their name-sake, or the predatory grace with which they move, tiger sharks have incredible presence. Yet, their true majesty lies in the...
Built for the extremes, leopard seals are fierce predators of the frigid Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. Here they prey on krill, fish, squid, birds and penguins. As ambush predators, they ofte...
In the remote Amirantes Island in Seychelles lies D'Arros Island - an important reef manta ray aggregation site, the largest known in the Seychelles Archipelago. On a routine reef manta ray monitor...
Far out in the Pacific Ocean lies Mexico's Revillagigedo Archipelago. The smallest of its four islands, Roca Partida, is a seascape of abundant life, where resident bottlenose dolphins wheel and le...
In the remote Amirantes Island in Seychelles lies D'Arros Island - an important reef manta ray aggregation site, the largest known in the Seychelles Archipelago. On a routine reef manta ray monitor...
Seemingly choreographed, humpback whales move through our oceans with remarkable poise. A species once ravaged by catastrophic decline, they now breach and leap in breathtaking synchrony, elegantly...
On the fringes of Seychelles’ Outer Islands, is the largest known aggregation of reef manta rays in Seychelles, which gather almost daily to feed beneath wheeling frigatebirds. The continuous prese...
A myriad of species thrive in the world's mangrove forests; a critical habitat where land and sea meet. It is here that branching roots rise from salty water, and communities of trees create a have...
These teeny, tiny tentacles belong to the smallest cephalopod in the ocean: the pygmy squid. Living in the warm, sun-dappled waters of the Indo-Pacific, they keep to the shallows among fronds of se...
In the cold, nutrient-rich waters off South Africa, Cape fur seals and blue sharks are members of the same predatory guild, hunting many of the same prey, from schooling fish to squid and seabirds....
In what appears to be a fierce encounter between two hermit crabs, it is clear who holds the upper hand. As they grow, these crabs require larger shells — often acquired through a battle of the cla...
In the Pacific, azure waters embrace Bora Bora, the jewel of French Polynesia. Its coral-laden lagoons teem with marine life, where blacktip reef sharks glide through the shallows in abundance. Dra...
Basking, burrowed in the soft sands of Indonesia, this snake eel has only its head jutting from the substrate. A handful of tiny cleaner shrimp jostle for prime position — a small, industrious crow...
Journeying alongside this blue shark, pilot fish traverse the open waters of oceans worldwide. Blue sharks are true ocean wanderers, undertaking vast migrations that follow major ocean currents. Pi...
Motionless on the seafloor, devil scorpionfish rely on their impeccable camouflage to blend seamlessly into surrounding coral and rock. Here they lie in wait for passing prey, lunging forward and g...
Some sea snails have an extension of their mantle called a siphon. This tube-like structure serves many important functions as it slowly makes its way across the seafloor. By drawing water in and o...