Dear friends, Dear visitors, Dear explorers of the underwater world, A little message of hope to celebrate the New Year 2021! For two days now, one of our monitoring systems installed in Greece has been sending us images that seem surreal. Day and night, eight to eleven Mediterranean monk seals come together to share moments…
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For several decades, the French marine biologist Patrick Louisy (Peau Bleue association) has been studying the Syngnathidae in the étang de Thau (Hérault, France). His scientific research on this family of fish which includes seahorses and pipefishes, led him to discover that the genetic line of seahorses from the étang de Thau is unique. It…
In August of 2021, Hollie London published her Master Thesis at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Titled “Predicting Mediterranean Monk Seal Cave Occupancy in the Central Ionian Isles, Greece – The Application of Open-Source Hardware and Artificial Intelligence to Conservation“, the 169 pages-long paper based its analysis on data collected in 2019 by the…
“Athena” is the name of the violent storm that is currently pounding the Greek Ionian Islands. Southern winds reaching force Beaufort 10 are forecasted for today October 7th, 2021. The inhabitants have all found shelter in their homes and the boats are secured in the different ports and anchorages of the area for the next…
The operational team of the Octopus Foundation continues to explore the Swiss lakes. After the three archaeological missions carried out in Lake Neuchâtel between 2019 and 2020 to study three wrecks in danger, we are back in Switzerland, more precisely in Geneva. And the purpose of this first mission in Lake Geneva is to initiate…
Since 2018, the Octopus Foundation has had the privilege of working in the Ionian Islands, for a better understanding and protection of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus). Remember, in the beginning, we had the crazy project of installing electronic equipment on a Greek coast, to autonomously and continuously observe the rare pinnipeds of this…