Videos

Check out stunning footage of ocean explorers making unexpected finds during the ongoing Ocean Census Macaronesia Expedition off the coast of Tenerife. Several potentially new ocean species, not previously known to science, have been found and are now being studied by regional experts.

Ocean Census scientists explain why we must act now to preserve ocean life. In the midst of pivotal discussions at COP28, the Ocean Census Macaronesia Expedition welcomed  Counsellor Mariano H. Zapata, Ecological Transition and Energy, Government of the Canary Islands, to mission headquarters at Radazul Marina, Tenerife.

Professor Alex Rogers, Science Director for Ocean Census, led the second lecture in Senckenberg's Distinguished Lecture Series in June. He explored the biodiversity crisis and gave an overview of Ocean Census and how the project intends to combat this crisis through advancements in taxonomic techniques.

Listen to our team explain why species discovery is so critical to ocean conservation. Biodiversity is critical to our survival. Yet, even though ocean makes up more than 80% of habitat space on our planet, scientists believe little more than 10% of what lives in our seas has been found.

Hear Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, address an invited audience from across the ocean community. And listen to scientists who will lead the alliance, which aims to change our understanding of what lives in our ocean. 

Science Journalist David Shukman talks to the people behind Ocean Census. Find out more about the rapid technological evolutions that are game changers underpinning the programme's success. Plus a look at the history of species description or taxonomy, the vitally important process of recording new species, and how it has changed.

Listen to our Science Director, Professor Alex Rogers in conversation with David Shukman. Amid the impact of the loss of oxygen in our ocean, and damage caused by global warming, Ocean Census is taking positive action to avoid species loss, setting out to discover and record species around the world. Filmed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, which will host the first Ocean Census Biodiversity Centre.