Meet a Marine Geologist: Sam Purkis

Do you know… a real marine geologist? In this Meet a Marine Geologist video, you’ll learn about a real life marine geologist who spends his days working on reef-scale monitoring of coral habitats using remote sensing technologies. Dr. Sam Purkis is an Associate …

Meet a Scientific Diver: Samantha Clements

Do you know… a real scientific diver? In this Meet a Scientist video, you’ll learn about a real life scientific diver who spends her days studying coral reef communities and the unique organisms that live there. Samantha Clements is a scientific diver …

Meet a Coral Reef Ecologist: Alex Dempsey

Do you know… a real coral reef ecologist? In this Meet a Scientist video, you’ll learn about a real life coral reef ecologist who has spent her life studying corals and coral reefs. Alex Dempsey is currently the Coral Reef …

Meet an Oceanographer: Captain Philip Renaud

Do you know… a real oceanographer? In this Meet a Scientist video, you’ll learn about a real life oceanographer who has spent his life studying the oceans. Captain Renaud’s career in oceanography began at the Naval Academy where he earned …

Mission to Palau

The Global Reef Expedition surveyed the reefs of Palau as part of their ongoing mission to study the health of coral reefs around the world. Palau’s reefs are filled with schools of large fish and ancient corals, important indicators of …

Longjawed Mackerel: A Real ‘Big Mouth’

These weird and wonderful fish are the Longjawed Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta). They swim around with their mouths open and gill rakers exposed, filtering zooplankton from the water for food. They swim in densely packed schools and are widespread throughout the …

A Fabulous Ocean Research Platform: Ship Tour of the Golden Shadow

A Fabulous Ocean Research Platform Join Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director, Phil Renaud, as he takes us on a Golden Shadow Ship Tour video of the logistics and scientific research vessel that makes possible the Foundation’s remote coral reef research …

Back Deck Timelapse

Check out this back deck timelapse video of Living Oceans Foundation Golden Shadow coral reef research vessel and its busy marine scientists, scientific scuba divers, and ship’s crew.

Bahamas@Sunrise Special Edition Aboard the Golden Shadow

On April 8, 2011, a Bahamas@Sunrise Special Edition Aboard the Golden Shadow was held in Nassau, Bahamas to kick off the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. This six-year endeavor conducted 3 legs of coral reef research …

Rough swells on the Golden Shadow

Rough swells on the high seas for Living Oceans Foundation ocean research vessel Golden Shadow during the Global Reef Expedition.