Macro Coral
Here are some fantastic ocean images of macro coral we have come across during our underwater photography and coral reef research efforts…
What we do
COTS: Aitutaki
By James Barrat In May 2013, when the science team of the Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation plunged into the waters surrounding Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, we discovered a reef in crises. Something had damaged between 80 and …
Inspiring Conservation through Art
Do you love art? Love the reefs? Then please read on. For this year’s Science without Borders® Challenge, we are asking high school students around the world to use their creativity and inspiration to design poster art following the theme …
Fabulous Encounter In Fiji: Fiji Education Outreach
From 15 Islands in the Lau province of Fiji. The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation was inspired by meeting the people of the Lau province of Fiji and discussing many of the issues of coral reef conservation that affect …
Invertebrate Hunting
The hunt for marine invertebrates begins… It is 6:30 in the morning, and Nathaniel (“Nat”) Evans and Daphné Grulois depart with the film crew (Alison Barrat, Ernie Kovacs) to Surprise Atoll. Depositing Alison and Ernie at their filming location, Nat …
New Caledonia Field Report
Between, 26 October, 2013 – 26 November, 2013, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation conducted a research mission to New Caledonia as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The research focused on coral reefs in four locations, Ile des …
Sea Turtle Nesting
It is green sea turtle nesting season right now and here in the northern atolls of New Caledonia there are some beaches that are well known as favorite nesting spots. The green turtle spends almost all its life at sea …
Surface Interval
Sometimes the most exciting marine wildlife encounters happen at the surface rather than under the water. On this particular occasion we were on our surface interval between the first and second dives on the southern tip of Huon Atoll. A …
Reef Lizard
Today we finished survey work at Huon Atoll, in the north west of the D’entrecasteaux Atolls Natural Park. As I descended on my dive, I was greeted by the now common site of a couple of grey reef sharks, a …
Spring Chicks
For the last few days, we have been in northern New Caledonia, near the protected D’entrecasteaux Atolls National Park. It feels very remote up here, and from where the M/Y Golden Shadow sits just outside the park boundary, we can …