2016 Annual Report
This past year was a very different year for the Foundation’s staff, it was the first year in many that we were not occupied with field work aboard our research vessel in some far-flung corner of the world. Having completed …
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B.A.M. Spring 2017
Check out the photos from the final phase of the 2016-2017 Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. Thanks to all the students and teachers who participated in this year’s B.A.M. program who helped to restore and monitor the mangrove forest in Abaco, …
Global Reef Expedition Final Report: Fiji
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is conducting the Global Reef Expedition – the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history. The Global Reef Expedition is a five-year mission to survey the health and resiliency of coral …
The Big Reveal – Fungi or Not
It’s been three weeks since we last met with the second year B.A.M. students at Forest Heights Academy. During our last session, the students plated their potentially diseased red mangrove leaves in agar. Since Ryann Rossi and I returned to the …
Earth Day Premiere of “An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch”
An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch will premiere on Earth Day, April 22! Come watch the film with us at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at 6pm or watch it at 8pm or 11pm ET/PT on the Smithsonian Channel. An Ocean Mystery: The Missing …
Coral Reef Biodiversity in the Red Sea
Written by: Elizabeth Rauer Red Sea coral reefs are known for their remarkable heat tolerance and resiliency in the face of rising sea temperatures, but many reefs are threatened by other factors such as development, overfishing, and disease. In order …
New Way to See Bahamas Underwater
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has produced a new digital flipbook of their Bahamas Atlas. The flip book, Atlas of Shallow Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Great Inagua, Little Inagua and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas, combines advanced satellite …
Not Just an Art Contest
By Amy Heemsoth Over the past couple of years, we have received some really compelling and inspirational pieces of artwork as part of the Science without Borders® Challenge, an international conservation art contest. During last year’s contest, we met an …
A Conversation with Conservation Photographer Michele Westmorland
By Elizabeth Rauer & Michele Westmorland During the 2016 WiLDSPEAK event in Washington DC, we had a chance to speak with conservation photographer Michele Westmorland about what it was like to join the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation on …
Coral Reef Education Portal Wins Prestigious W3 Award
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is proud to announce that our Coral Reef Education Portal won the 2016 W3 Award for Environmental Awareness. Receiving nearly 5,000 entries, the W3 Awards honors outstanding websites, web marketing, web video, mobile sites, …