Today, the IUCN announced its support to a pilot project to collect scientific data about the Mediterranean Monk seal: https://www.iucn.org/news/mediterranean/201903/when-artificial-intelligence-spots-monk-seal Two open-source prototypes of monitoring kits were installed in 2018 in Greece, with promising results. In 2019, we plan on installing an improved third prototype. We thank the IUCN for their support, and look forward…
One year and a half after Homerous’ release, the Octopus Foundation went back to Lampedusa last April to assist the turtle rescue center. The goal was to release Hope, a 15kg Caretta caretta. Before setting her free, we glued an Argos GPS tracker to her shell, which allowed to follow her first three months of…
The Paris International Dive Show will take place between the 11th and 14th of January 2018, and the Octopus Foundation will be present alongside the French association Peau-Bleue, who studies the seahorses and syngnathidae of Europe and campaigns for a better protection of these fragile species. This past Autumn, Julien Pfyffer and his team traveled…