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After two years away, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were relieved and excited to be able to return to […]

Hi everyone, As I wrap up the season here in Nosy Be and feel the familiar bittersweet nostalgia closing in, […]

🇬🇧 And the whale sharks are here 🥳   After the 2019 season ended, like everyone we got caught in […]

11 July 2022: Today, the Madagascar Whale Shark Project is announcing a new way for ocean-lovers to support its efforts […]

Yesterday was World Ocean Day. Yet, as many of us know, World Ocean Day is every day for us and […]

Industrialised shipping may be leading to a large number of whale shark deaths across the world, according to a new […]

Version Française ci-dessous News from the Guardians of the Ocean Our education programme is still active on Nosy Be, despite […]

Version Française ci-dessous New study highlights Madagascar as a global hotspot for endangered whale sharks Whale sharks, an endangered species, […]

(Version Française ci-dessous) New study values Madagascar’s whale shark tourism industry at $1.5 million amid calls to improve protection for […]

Nosy Be, the tourist capital of Madagascar, is currently experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis. Since March 2020, the borders are […]

Sadly, due to the pandemic we couldn’t return to Madagascar to run our field season like every year from September […]

Version Française ci-dessous. After a lot of work, we can finally unveil the figures from the 2019 season, our biggest […]

This year, again, was rather unusual. Unlike last year when they arrived in October, this season whale sharks started showing […]

Whale sharks everywhere ! This season has been incredibly busy, as whale sharks started showing up in August already! This […]

In the last few months we have been busy working on many things, and are excited for what is looking […]

While the first whale sharks are already flaunting around the Nosy Be area and I am fully preparing for this […]

Our team has now left Nosy Be in anticipation of the usual leaving date of the whale sharks but it […]

Today’s the day! After many years in Madagascar and a lot of hard work this year, I am happy to unveil […]

Sorry it’s been a while, we have been incredibly busy! While the whale sharks were initially late, they have arrived […]

Truckee (California), May 17, 2018. A new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research has revealed that juvenile whale sharks swim […]

Since 2015, the Madagascar Whale Shark Project has been collecting data on whale sharks in Nosy Be. The aim being […]

The end of field seasons always bears a bittersweet feeling, relief mixed with sadness. Here is a summary of the […]

After meeting with operators and discussing together what guidelines need to be followed in order to ensure better behaviour on […]

The first two weeks of the season have flown by ! A lot is planned this year, starting with the Festival de […]

Following the first meeting on July 1st 2017 held by our Partner Mada Megafauna, about the need to implement a […]

Since the New Year I have been busy with many aspects of the project, such as designing a logo… …and […]

A month ago the Madagascar Whale Shark Project’s first season came to an end. After completing all the end of […]

Two months into the season already! For those who haven’t been able to follow our project updates on Facebook, here is […]

Nearly two years ago, I swam with whale sharks off Nosy Be, the north western coast of Madagascar, for the […]