Season update

In the last few months we have been busy working on many things, and are excited for what is looking to be our biggest season yet ! Here is an update from the last few months. News from the field […]

Our team has now left Nosy Be in anticipation of the usual leaving date of the whale sharks but it seems this year whale sharks are spending the holidays in Nosy Be ! Needless to say, we are exhausted. But […]

Sorry it’s been a while, we have been incredibly busy! While the whale sharks were initially late, they have arrived ‘en masse’ to Nosy Be this year since the start of October, with more than 14 different whale sharks identified […]

The end of field seasons always bears a bittersweet feeling, relief mixed with sadness. Here is a summary of the 2017 season…and our favorite pictures. This season saw a few new developments, which we were eager to test. The biggest […]

The first two weeks of the season have flown by ! A lot is planned this year, starting with the Festival de la Baleine, a series of events bridging the gap between the end of the humpback whale season and the start of the […]

A month ago the Madagascar Whale Shark Project’s first season came to an end. After completing all the end of season reports to funding bodies, I now can focus on data analysis and processing all the ID pictures!  While we […]

Two months into the season already! For those who haven’t been able to follow our project updates on Facebook, here is our latest news. A full summary will be published at the end of the season. Michel the whale shark The […]

Nearly two years ago, I swam with whale sharks off Nosy Be, the north western coast of Madagascar, for the first time. As a conservation biologist in between two jobs with a passion for marine megafauna – I organised a […]