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, [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 GALLERY – Click on images to enlarge. The Search for the Desert Porpoise is a multimedia documentary project produced by Chris & Genevieve Johnson about the critically endangered Vaquita porpoise in Mexico. From October to November 2008, we filmed “Expedition Vaquita” – a multinational scientific expedition in Mexico to [...]

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.

Today I joined Catalina Lopez Sagástegui of Noroeste Sustentable (NOS). Their mission is to “construct and implement a long term vision for the region’s sustainable development through a political and social agreement”.

Scientist Barb Taylor asked me to join a team from the RV David Starr Jordan to document what was happening 5 miles away. Bob Pitman sighted a marine mammal on the “big-eyes” moving erratically.

All media on this website is © 2008 earthOCEAN media (All rights reserved worldwide) unless otherwise noted. We welcome the efforts of schools, universities, scientists and NGOs interested in showing the videos to raise awareness about cetaceans. Groups can link to, and use the multi-lingual online materials or download high-resolution versions via iTunes for non-commercial [...]

After settling into the rhythm of San Felipe, adjusting to the heat and pace of this sleepy seaside town, I am spending most of my time with Tom Jefferson and his team, researchers Paula Olson and Tom Kieckhefer.

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 gallery 10 Galerie Trotz eines weltweiten Verbots durch die UNO 1992 und durch die EU 2002 wird im Mittelmeer immer noch illegal mit Treibnetzen gefischt. Diese Netze wurden verboten, da sie große Mengen an ungewolltem Fang, so genanntem Beifang, verursachen und [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 5 Galerie Il fut un temps où les dauphins communs abondaient sur les côtes de la Méditerranée. Aujourd’hui, ils sont en déclin rapide et ne survivent qu’en nombres réduits. En Grèce occidentale, les eaux qui entourent l’île de Kalamos restent leur dernier bastion ou, du moins, il l’était. Pourquoi cette [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 Galerie “Les cachalots de Grèce – La vie dans les grands fonds marins” raconte une expédition scientifique à travers la Grèce, à la recherche du cachalot méditerranéen, difficile à trouver et en voie de disparition. Nous avons rejoint le Dr Alexandros [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 Galerie Com’è possibile salvare balene, delfini e focene se il loro habitat non viene protetto? Le Aree Marine Protette, note anche come AMP o Santuari, sono gli equivalenti marini dei parchi nazionali e delle aree protette terrestri. Erich Hoyt è autore e ricercatore senior per [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 7 Galerie CETACEI DEL MEDITERRANEO è una serie di cinque documentari sui ricercatori che esplorano il Mediterraneo e sui cetacei che popolano questo mare. CETACEI DEL MEDITERRANEO si spinge nelle profondità marine e nelle acque costiere in compagnia di scienziati di livello internazionale. Presenta l’ecologia dei [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 7 Galerie Wale und Delfine des Mittelmeers ist eine fünfteilige Dokumentation über die Wale und Delfine, die im Mittelmeer leben, und über Wissenschaftler, die in diesem Meer forschen. Wale und Delfine des Mittelmeers erkundet zusammen mit einer Reihe internationaler Wissenschaftler die Tiefsee und die Küstengewässer. Die [...]

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 7 GALLERY Whales of the Mediterranean Sea is a five-part documentary series about the scientists exploring the Mediterranean, and the cetaceans that inhabit this ancient sea. Whales of the Mediterranean Sea ventures into deep seas and coastal waters with a range of international scientists. It examines [...]

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 [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 GALLERY What does it mean to save whales, dolphins and porpoises if their habitat is left unprotected? Marine Protected Areas, also known as MPAs or Marine Sanctuaries, are the equivalent of national parks and protected areas on land. Erich Hoyt is an author and senior [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 gallery 10 GALLERY Despite a world-wide ban by the United Nations in 1992 and by the European Union in 2002, the driftnet fishery continues illegally throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Driftnets are banned because they take large quantities of unwanted catch, called [...]

gallery 2 gallery 3 gallery 4 gallery 5 gallery 6 gallery 7 gallery 8 GALLERY “The Sperm Whales of Greece – Life in the Trenches” documents a scientific expedition through Greece in search of the elusive and endangered Mediterranean Sperm Whale. We join Dr. Alexandros Frantzis of the Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute, onboard the R/V [...]