Celebrate World Ocean Day This Week!
The 8th of June – World Ocean Day – is a special time to celebrate and honor our one shared ocean! Although our ocean needs protecting and celebrating 365 days of …
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Author: Giacomo Abrusci, SEVENSEAS Media Editor-in-Chief
Giacomo Abrusci is a conservation biologist and Executive Director of SEVENSEAS Media
NOAA Forecasts Average-Size Gulf of Mexico Summer ‘Dead Zone’
Written by NOAA ANN ARBOR—A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting a summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico of 5,364 square miles, …
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2021 Was a Historic Year for Salish Sea Whales By Quinn McVeigh
By Quinn McVeigh In 2021, more whales were seen in the Salish Sea than ever before, spelling hopes for Bigg’s killer whales, humpbacks and even the endangered southern resident killer …
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Feature Destination: Weeklong Galapagos Glamping + Island Hopping Adventure
(Quito, Ecuador) — The Finch Bay Galapagos Hotel (on Santa Cruz Island) has joined forces with Scalesia Galapagos Lodge (on Isabela Island) to offer a week-long program in the Galapagos, including …
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Cultivating the Future of Marine Conservation
By The Swell Squad The Next Swell is a non-profit organization established to cultivate future generations of scientists and marine conservationists through education and opportunity. Founded in 2020 by biologists, …
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A Humpback Whale Descending – Under the Waves with Karim Iliya, June 2022
A humpback whale descending into the depths while pursuing a female during a mating battle called a “heatrun” or “competition pod.” After spending hundreds of days documenting humpback whales, I’ve …
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Phyllodesmium Tuberculatum – Jack’s June 2022 Underwater Photograph
Known from tropical Western Pacific, and Western Australia. Records on the Forum show a widespread Indo-West Pacific distribution. This is one of the larger species of Phyllodesmium, and from the …
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SAWFISH NEWS: To See a Sawfish in Public Aquariums and Making Conservation Connections by Guest Authors Paula Carlson & Jennie Janssen
Since the early 1930’s when the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago displayed a smalltooth sawfish for the first time, public aquariums have created connections between people and these incredibly unique, and …
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Students Beautifully Illustrate a Ridge-to-Reef Approach to Coral Reef Conservation
Announcing the winners of the 2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of their annual student …
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New Study Shows Komodo National Park Holds Some of The Largest Aggregations of Manta Rays
Through a collaborative effort between citizen divers, scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), and Murdoch University, a new study reports a large number of manta rays in the waters …
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