For the 8 p.m. news broadcast of French TV channel TF1 of October 6th, 2020, the journalists published a story on the Lampedusa Clinic. The story can be replayed here:
Articles posted by Julien Pfyffer (page 10)
Dear friends, the Octopus Foundation team has the immense privilege of announcing the birth of a baby Mediterranean monk seal in the early morning of November 2nd, 2020. This happy event took place in one of the caves that we remotely monitor with our open source systems. Our cameras installed in different sites are perfectly…
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…
Entitled “Freedivers or divers, what impact do we have on wildlife?“, The article about the monk seals and the work of the Octopus Foundation appeared in the 31st issue of French Magazine Plongez!. Extract: Their explanation of our monitoring system: All our thanks go to Plongez! Magazine for this excellent article.
The French daily newspaper, Midi Libre, published a article and video on the Foundation’s recent work for seahorses. It can be seen here: https://www.midilibre.fr/2021/03/24/frontignan-un-bout-detang-modelise-en-3d-pour-mieux-observer-les-hippocampes-9446929.php
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…