At the beginning of October, the Explorations of Monaco partnered with a CNRS and Ifremer operation in Martinique. The goal of this collaboration? To study the behavior of green turtles using onboard cameras and innovative connected tags.
Friday, May 25, the first whale of the season was spotted off the coast of Reunion. Since then, the humpback whales have been performing their impressive ballet near the shores.
Moalboal, Philippines, July 2013. They are 16 divers, and they are adventurers! Not those who take foolish physical risks, but those who leave the cozy shores of their habits to risk their gaze – and their mind – towards new horizons, new discoveries…Diving… special« Okay, so, as planned, 4 divers descend to 20 meters; one pair […]
Diving to admire the colors, the seabed, and all kinds of fish is great, but understanding what surrounds you, recognizing different species and knowing how to protect and not disturb them is even better! Bio courses are offered all over France to make you real ambassadors of underwater life.Importance of theory During the first steps […]
The research institute Ifremer has just launched « Espions des grands fonds, » a citizen science game that allows everyone to participate in research related to the ocean floor.
Present in the North Atlantic as well as in the waters separating Africa from Australia, True’s beaked whales are studied by specialized researchers mainly around the Azores and the Canary Islands, where chances of spotting them are better. Despite this, until today the main specimens studied were stranded whales. The scientific site PeerJ highlighted recent […]
For its 13th edition, the annual operation « Species that matter » took place on September 23rd and 24th. It was held in the waters between Île Verte at La Ciotat and the Frioul archipelago in Marseille, in the marine heart of the Calanques National Park set up 4 years ago. This operation was organized by the […]
Well known and appreciated by the general public, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) measuring about 13 meters and 25 tons, saw their populations decline drastically in the 1960s due to commercial whaling. This is why in 1970, the United States placed them under the protection of their law by classifying them as « endangered. » In 2010, NOAA’s […]
With this center, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco aims to treat, care for, and rehabilitate injured turtles, ultimately releasing them back into the sea. However, it also has an educational purpose for the museum’s visitors in order to raise awareness about the cause of turtles and more broadly the protection of endangered species and the […]
A dive thousands of meters under the ocean’s surface, where light no longer penetrates, to encounter incredible creatures, does that tempt you? This is what the traveling exhibition « Abysses », or « The Deep » for the English version, inaugurated in 2007 at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (MNHN) and having had to date over […]
