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BCSS is honored to announce its nomination by the One Ocean Foundation for the prestigious Earthshot Prize 2025. This recognition places BCSS among an elite group of innovators and organizations making groundbreaking strides to protect and restore our planet. Previous Next Located in the pristine Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique, BCSS has adopted a holistic and scalable […]

New groundbreaking findings in research led by BCSS’s very own Ekaterina Kalashnikova reveal extraordinary humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) migratory behavior and have made major news coverage in international journalistic outlets, including the BBC, the Guardian, CBC, the Independent, and NBC, as well as science news platforms, journals, and magazines. The humpback whale that traveled the longest distance to date, observed in Zanzibar channel,

BCSS is pleased to share that its work has been featured in the latest edition of Alert Diver magazine. The article, titled Africa’s First Ocean Observatory Leverages Scientific Diving for Knowledge Sharing, highlights our role as a center for scientific innovation and collaboration in the Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique. As Africa’s first Ocean Observatory, BCSS has

The beauty of Bazaruto Archipelago embraces diverse wildlife and its multi ecosystem habitat. Our visitors are privileged to see not only vast array of marine animals, monitoring of which is at the core of the BCSS operations, but also a variety of terrestrial species and myriads of residential and migratory birds.   Recently, guests of the

We join the world in marking International Coastal Cleanup Day by celebrating a new partnership in sustainable waste management and environmental protection efforts. BCSS Marine Debris Program – weekly waste collection. (BCSS) In June of this year, BCSS proudly signed a new 2-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST), an Africa-based, science-driven

This press release was written by Satlink. Project ReCon, the circular economy initiative driven by the Spanish technology company Satlink to give a second life to echosounder buoys used in tropical tuna fishing, is landing in Mozambique with its new local partner, the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies.  Shoal of skipjack tuna (katsuwonus pelamis) hunting

New findings about potential humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding behaviour in the coastal waters of Tanzania, first presented at the European Cetaceans Society’s April 2024 conference in Catania, Italy, may shed new light on their migratory and behavioural patterns.  Humpback whale (Ekaterina Kalashnikova/BCSS) The study, led by BCSS’ Ekaterina Kalashnikova, Mnazi Bay Ruvuma Estuary Marine

The BCSS Ocean Observatory is excited to share a new collaboration with Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) to enhance the understanding of the Yellow-edged Lyretail Grouper ecology (Variola louti) through advanced genetic sampling and analysis. This partnership marks a step forward towards the population biomass estimates and the proportion exploited by

Where should you dive for a chance to encounter your favourite marine animal? Students participating in BCSS’ Scientific Training Program tried to answer this question by carrying out a nine-month exploratory diving survey of marine megafauna at different dive sites around the Bazaruto Archipelago. To assess the chances of encountering a particular taxon under the

The Western Indian Ocean region (WIO) is considered one of four global hotspots for endemic and threatened elasmobranchs. The Mozambique Channel is one of the most important migratory corridors for marine megafauna in the entire Indian Ocean.  A new scientific paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, details the first study ever that examines spatial,