gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 GALLERY – Click on images to enlarge. Watch the documentary Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise – now online! The Vaquita is the world’s smallest porpoise. They live only in the northern reaches of the Gulf of California, Mexico. Scientists estimate that 250 animals remain. This shy, [...]

While in El Golfo, I visited the local high school to show video and photos to students of vaquita that I filmed only a few days earlier. Unbelievably, it was the first time anyone had visited them and their school to talk about the vaquita.

Vaquita Porpoise – Phocoena sinus Class – Mammalia Order – Cetacea Suborder – Odontoceti Family – Phocoenidae Genus -Phocoena Species – Phocoena sinus Introduction: The vaquita is one of six species of porpoise. The term ‘porpoise’ is derived from the Latin porcus for ‘pig’ and piscus for ‘fish’. Porpoises are quite distinct from other species [...]

WHALE TRACKERS is a series of documentary programs that journey across the world’s oceans to explore the lives of whales, dolphins and porpoises. We join international scientists on expedition investigating and shedding new light on the mysteries of these animals and their struggles for survival in a rapidly changing world. WHALE TRACKERS examines how we [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 gallery 9 gallery 10 gallery 11 gallery 12 gallery 13 gallery 14 gallery 15 gallery 16 gallery 17 GALLERY Synopsis: “Southern Right Whales of Argentina” is an educational documentary film by Chris and Genevieve Johnson. It explores the natural history and [...]

Chris Johnson - Documentary Filmmaker, Photographer & New Media Producer Chris directs earthOCEAN, an educational media company specializing in environmental science, conservation and wildlife productions – www.earthocean.tv He is the producer and cinematographer for the Whale Trackers series. Chris has directed documentary films and produced multimedia installations, websites and interactive CD-ROMS/DVDs for the National Geographic Society, [...]

Amvrakikos Gulf offers abundant prey resources allowing the local bottlenose dolphin population to thrive. However, only 30 kilometers away, around the island of Kalamos, over fishing has resulted in prey depletion and ecosystem collapse. Consequently, only a handful of endangered short-beaked common dolphins remain today. We meet scientists, educators and local fishermen to discuss their relationship with dolphins, and the state of sea around their community. Could what is happening to the common dolphins of Kalamos, also explain why they are disappearing throughout the Mediterranean Sea?

“A Fishy Business -The Illegal Driftnet Fishery”, focuses on an indiscriminate and destructive fishery. Despite multiple bans, the fishery continues in the Mediterranean Sea, putting populations of migratory fish, sea turtles and cetaceans at risk.

Sperm whales are cosmopolitan animals. They inhabit the blue waters of all of the world’s oceans and are often found in deeper offshore areas around canyons and trenches. They can also be found close to shore around volcanic islands such as the Azores, the Galapagos and the Canary Islands, where steep drop-offs run along the coast.

Longer than wider, 3,800 kilometers separate the western most point from the distant eastern shore, while its greatest breadth does not exceed 700km. Its average depth is 1,429 meters, and its surface covers an area of 2.5 million square kilometers, about 1% of the total of the surface of the world’s oceans.

Each short documentary can be downloaded for use in the classroom along with a fact sheet that may be implemented across learning areas and age groups. Fact sheets include additional in depth information, behind the scenes photographs and interactive maps to compliment the documentary. Fact sheets establish the relevance of the science and its connection [...]

Our education reports are created to contribute directly to the longterm conservation of the natural world, by offering them freely for use by teachers and students. PROGRAMS Whale Trackers - Exploring the Lives of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. The marine environment needs the next generation to value, and recognize the complexities involved in achieving meaningful protection [...]

earthOCEAN give environmental education presentations to school groups, universities and the general public. Presentations are an interactive, multimedia experience, bringing the environment, science and conservation to teachers and students of all ages. Presentations are tailored specifically to subject areas and age groups focusing on whales and ocean conservation issues. Chris and Genevieve Johnson are marine [...]

The Voyage of the Odyssey was a five-year global expedition designed to gather the first ever baseline data on levels of synthetic contaminants throughout the world’s oceans. It is using sperm whales as indicator species for measuring the health of the seas. The findings will create a baseline understanding that will inform future scientific research [...]