Passe-moi les Jumelles (Paju), is a legendary Swiss TV show, broadcasted on the Swiss French television channel (RTS).The episode programmed to air on the 6th of April will partially focus on the Octopus Foundation’s work in Albania. The Paju journalists have followed the archaeologists on the Orikum site in 2017, where they met with Julien…
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At the end of 2016, the crew of the Octopus Foundation assisted the release of Homerous, a female Caretta caretta marine turtle. After more than eight years of rehabilitation at the Lampedusa Turtle Rescue Center, and under the careful care of Daniela Freggi and her team, the famous turtle was set free in the sea.…
In order to better protect the Mediterranean monk seals, it is vital to better understand this key species. The matter is urgent, as very few of these animals remain today. They are considered “endangered” on the International Union of Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list. To reach this goal set by the Octopus Foundation, its…
The Island of Mozambique is a tiny piece of land of 1.5 km2, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. Yet, it’s size didn’t prevent it to become, during the 15th century, Portugal’s first and most important settlement on the East coast of Africa. For many centuries, its strategic location proved to be useful to countless Portuguese…
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…
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…