A New Look at Plastic Pollution in Belize
Over the 15 years that we have owned and operated our Blackbird Caye Field Station in Turneffe Atoll, Belize we…
Download SWOT Report, Vol. X
We are pleased to announce that SWOT Report—The State of the World’s Sea Turtles, tenth anniversary edition is now available…
Manatee Expedition Named a 2015 National Geographic Tour of a Lifetime
We are honored to announce that our Florida Manatees’ Ecosystem and Conservation expedition has been selected as one of National…
Updates From Belize: New Staff, Drones, And More
Our Blackbird Caye Field Station on Turneffe Atoll, Belize reopened on January 1, and already we have lots of exciting…
New Publication Documents Manatee Presence at Turneffe Atoll
[IMAGE] A new publication by Oceanic Society researchers and partners documents the presence of Antillean manatees at Turneffe Atoll and lays a…
Overcoming Doubts And Demons in Panama
The last thing you ever want to hear when working on a community development project is that it has angered…
6 Amazing Cephalopod Species You Didn’t Know Existed
Few groups of animals are as dazzling and diverse as the cephalopods, a group of around 800 living marine species…
Update From Panama: Late Night Crisis and Plastic Turtles
One in the morning is just the time I wanted to get up (well maybe not quite that early…). “Amanda…
On Winning In Turtle Conservation
This article first appeared in The State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Report, Vol. 9, published by Oceanic Society…
Update from Panama: Just Keep Swimming
Things are really rolling in my work with Armila’s public schools. I have begun teaching environmental science labs for…
Support Community Conservation In Ulithi Atoll
Since 2004, Oceanic Society has been assisting the community on Falalop at Ulithi Atoll (Yap state) in Micronesia in their effort to…
Big News: Our First Fluke ID Matches Confirmed
There aren’t that many eureka moments in science but yesterday, we had one. I drove up to Olympia, Washington yesterday…