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, [...]

I had the opportunity to spend time with and speak in depth to scientists Barbara Taylor and Tim Gerrodette of the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California.

Lorenzo Rojas Bracho has been the ‘voice for vaquita’ for many years. He is redefining what a ‘scientist’ is in an era full of critical conservation issues for marine mammals.

gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 GALLERY We interview scientist Robert Pitman of the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. In November 2006, where he participated in an international expedition on the Yangtze River in China, searching for the critically endangered river dolphin called ‘baiji’. The expedition failed [...]

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 [...]

Genevieve Johnson – Writer / Education Director / Presenter Genevieve leads education initiatives at earthOCEAN and the Whale Trackers series. Through her research, and years spent raising awareness at a grass roots level, Genevieve sees the effect environmental education has on changing attitudes and behavior in young people. A former high school environmental education teacher [...]

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, [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 5 GALLERY Common dolphins were once abundant throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Today they are declining rapidly, surviving only in portions of their former range. In western Greece, the sea around the island of Kalamos is their last stronghold, or at least it used to be. So why are the dolphins [...]

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 [...]