Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
Since the start of the Global Reef Expedition, we have been producing films to help us spread our ocean science and conservation message to as wide an audience as possible. The award-winning films the Foundation produces can transport viewers to places …
At the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, we know that studying and understanding our oceans is critically important, but it is not enough to save some of the more threatened ecosystems. Conservation and restoration of the marine environment calls …
Chief Scientist Dr Andy Bruckner answers students from the Middle East and the US how he became so passionate about coral reefs.
A cultural view of Totoya sharks written by the high chief. As a young boy growing up Totoya, I recall that there were incidents of shark attacks on some of our villagers. In our culture, this type of incident is …
In the middle of towing Ron across the local marine protected area (MPA) set up in front of Mavana Village, on Vanuabalavu Island, he popped his head up to shout, “Hey, this MPA is really working! The fish are huge. …
As the crew and science team watched from the M/Y Golden Shadow, a bigger, brighter moon filled the night sky rising above the island of Vanuabalavu on June 23, 2013. When the moon is closest to Earth, called perigee, it …
Roko Laitia Raloa, Assistant Roko Tui Lau at the Lau Provincial Council’s Office, and I are greeted at the boat tender by the head teacher of the primary school to which we are presenting our talk on Fiji coral reef …
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation produces high-resolution coral reef habitat maps of previously unmapped, remote coral reef systems around the world. The maps we create are a product of extensive scientific research. We use a process that involves …
Bioluminescence occurs when a biological organism produces a chemical reaction where energy is released in the form of light. A familiar example of bioluminescence is the firefly, emitting a yellow-green light. In the marine environment, most bioluminescence appears as a …
One of the most unusual group of animals found on the reef are the echinoderms. So named because of their “spiny skin”, these animals are pentamerous or radially symmetrical (five point). Found only in the sea, they include sea urchins, …
