Jan, 2026 by Harriet Goodchild As the world continues to evolve, and technology becomes more prevalent in our lives, organisations must keep up. With this Sea Watch Foundation is embracing the new year with a new us. The team here have been busy working behind the scenes to upgrade and improve our digital media! We […]
Nov 01, 2025 By Intern – Tom Davies Anthropogenic activities are impacting nature on a global scale (Storch et al., 2021), placing ecosystems under immense pressure. The world’s oceans are amongst the most heavily affected, under pressure from overexploitation, climate change, and pollution (Halpern et al., 2019; Link, 2021; Thiagarajan, 2025). The cumultive impact of […]
Oct 31, 2025 By Intern: Alana Zammit In the spirit of our spookiest season, Halloween, I would like to introduce you all to some of the more unusual looking creatures that roam our vast ocean. First up, we have the very aptly named fangtooth fish. With the largest teeth in the ocean (proportionally), the fangtooth […]
Oct 25, 2025 by Ben Phillips The ancestors of baleen whales that swam through the Peruvian seas approximately 12 to 13 million years ago likely faced a formidable threat in Livyatan melvillei – a fearsome apex predator with a taste for whale flesh. Figure 1: The skull of Livyatan in dorsal (a) and ventral (b) view, mandible in dorsal […]
Oct 18, 2025 by Cassie Lloyd-Watson The Amazon River Dolphin or Boto (Inia geoffrensis) is an iconic species with its pink skin, large beak and fascinating role in mythology. The species, which inhabits the basins of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers, is unfortunately facing various threats which have resulted in its classification as ‘endangered’ by the […]
Sep 05, 2025 by Charlie, Cassie, and Geraldine The beginning of September marks Zero Waste Week – an annual awareness campaign to reassess our relationship with rubbish and reduce waste. First, a brief introduction to the life story of plastics. Most plastics are made from crude oil, and their production results in the release of […]
June 25, 2025 by Luke Maynard Happy June Sea Watchers! It’s Pride Month, and to celebrate, I thought I would write a brief blog about queer ecology, looking particularly at the ways that queer identities and nature can interact and what we can learn about nature, and humans, by ‘queering’ up our understanding of the […]
Jun 16, 2025 by Rebecca Schouten The National Animal Rights Day (NARD) is a celebration involving 50 countries around the world, on the first Sunday in June, for the purpose of giving a voice to all animals and raising awareness for their rights. Three major pointers are emphasised during this day – Commemorate, Educate and […]
Jun 13, 2025 by Harriet Goodchild Orca Watch 2025 was the 12th year running this event, this year between the 24th of May to the 1st of June. During this time, trained volunteers surveyed from land and sea across the North of Scotland, recording any marine mammal spotted, with a focus on Killer whales or Orcas. During Orca […]
May 31, 2025 by Harriet Goodchild Orca Watch 2025 has officially begun. The Sea Watch Foundation team are in John O’ Groats, Caithness, Scotland, to hold this 10-day event from the 24th of May to the 1st of June. Orca Watch has been running for 12 years, originally starting to help research the effects of a tidal […]