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Meet Cyndi, a recipient of our Small Grant.
We look forward to following along as Cyndi explores a fresh take on conservation education for children in Cameroon.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/shar...

Photo by Cyndi Karel Ngnah

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August 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#Angelsharks may be more vulnerable to #ClimateChange than we thought!

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July 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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As the sun sets in French Polynesia, and night falls on its archipelagoes, shivers of grey reef sharks aggregate on reef fringes and atoll passes, descending onto the reef to hunt.

🎥: Luke Saddler

#saveourseasfoundation #frenchpolynesia #sharksatnight #sharkiesinthedarkies #greyreefshark
July 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Angel Shark Day was created to highlight the plight of this group, which has suffered steep declines. Angel sharks risk extinction: over 50% of the 23 known species are in a threat category on the IUCN Red List.

Illustration by Kelsey Manners Dickson

#AngelSharkDay #IASD25 #saveourseasfoundation
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Calves are born without the Atlantic spotted dolphins’ characteristic spots, which begin to emerge after their first year. As the dolphins mature, the spots deepen in colour and spread across the body, becoming more prominent with age.

🎥: @michaelscholl.bsky.social

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June 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Ordinarily resident in productive coastal environments like reefs and atolls, reef manta rays cruise our oceans from the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

🎥: @michaelscholl.bsky.social

#saveourseasfoundation #reefmanta #indianocean #pacificocean #reef
June 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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In places like D’Arros and the Great African Sea Forest, life has endured. Sea Change Project's Craig Foster reminds us that where biodiversity is protected, it gives back, regenerating what’s been lost.

🎥: Sea Change Project & Roger Horrocks

#WorldOceanDay #saveourseasfoundation #seachangeproject
June 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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The ocean sunfish will regularly bask on their sides near the ocean's surface. With no tail fin, this bony fish does appear as unusual, using its prominent dorsal and anal fins to swim and manoeuvre our oceans.

🎥: Byron Dilkes

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June 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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In the lead up to @worldoceanday.bsky.social, we’re spotlighting glimmers of hope. SOSF PL and Shark & Ray Program Manager at @ammco.bsky.social, Ghofrane Labyedh has seen conflict give way to collaboration, and watched communities lead the way in conservation.

#saveourseasfoundation #WorldOceanDay
June 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Wade Naude, a Marine Educator at the Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Education Centre, shares a glimmer of hope: the spark in our youth as they discover marine science, and the growing wave of awareness and action that signals a brighter, more connected future.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Filmed at Roca Partida, the smallest of the volcanic islands in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, this underwater scene reminds us of the conservation value of protected areas in our oceans.
🎥: Christopher Leon

#saveourseasfoundation #PacificOcean #biodiversity #Revillagigedo #RocaPartida #whaleshark
June 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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More than a third of shark and ray species are at risk of extinction, threatening biodiversity in global oceans.
The #OOSC will see experts putting forward policy-driven changes to protect the biodiversity in our oceans.

#saveourseasfoundation #UNOC

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May 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Introducing Thomas, who wants to understand how and where porbeagle sharks are reproducing in the north-eastern Atlantic.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/prot...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #porbeagle #conservation #lifestages

Illustration by Kelsey Manners Dickson
May 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Introducing Wongibe, who is on a mission to reduce the bycatch of scalloped hammerhead sharks in targeted fishing areas by 20% in Cameroon.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/maki...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #Cameroon #hammerheadshark #conservation

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May 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Meet Petter, who is intent on closing the gap in ecological knowledge of north-western Atlantic spiny dogfish in Sweden.
More info here: saveourseas.com/project/futu...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #spinydogfish #Sweden #ecologicalknowledge

Illustration by Kelsey Manners Dickson
May 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Introducing Jorge, who is diving into the inky darkness, developing new animal-borne tags to understand the importance of the twilight-zone for oceanic sharks and rays in a changing ocean.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/deep...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #twlightzone
May 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Meet Muhammad, who is supporting accurate assessments of the status of endangered rhino rays in the Malacca Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/find...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #rhinorays #MalaccaStrait #management
May 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Introducing Adriana, who is documenting the diversity and occurrence of sharks, rays and chimaeras in Timor-Leste’s almost totally undocumented waters.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/cata...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #Timor-Leste #diversity #sharksrayschimaeras
May 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Meet Stella, who is investigating whether juvenile whale sharks use Nosy Be’s waters in Madagascar year-round.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/trac...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #whaleshark #Madagascar
May 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Meet Rodrigo, who is testing whether guitarfish exposed to pressures by humans express a greater number of stress-adaptation-related genes.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/are-...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #guitarfish #Brazil

Photo by Rodrigo Domingues
May 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Introducing Szu-Hsuan, a recipient of our Small Grant. Szu is diving deep into the DNA of white sharks, hoping to capture the first clear images of their chromosomes and sex chromosomes.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/the-...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #DNA #whitesharks
May 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Meet Metavee, who wants to rebuild public trust by introducing expert telemetry training. The goal is to regain public trust so that effective research can inform shark protection.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/trai...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #sharkconservation
May 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Meet Reem, who will be investigating the distribution, composition, and seasonality of shark species in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/shar...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #sharks #Bahrain
May 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Introducing Olga, who is quantifying the extent to which tiger sharks feed on threatened dugongs and turtles in Shark Bay, Australia.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/tige...

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #SharkBay #Australia #dugongs #turtles
May 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Meet Jack, who is assessing kinship and population genetics in globally important populations of dwarf sawfish and green sawfish in northern Australia.

More info here: saveourseas.com/project/kins...

Illustration by Kelsey Manners Dickson

#SOSF2025Projects #saveourseasfoundation #sawfish
May 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM