The valued field research work of our volunteers and some of the Society's programs have been covered in the media during the last few months, including:

Around San Francisco by Sharon Gray, 06/03/07
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Humpback Whales near Farallon Islands
Farallon Islands Part I
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* “Oceanic Society Seeks Volunteers for Field Research Expeditions Worldwide.”
- Columbus Dispatch (OH), July 13, 2003
- Baltimore Sun (MD), July 13, 2003
- Albuquerque Journal (NM), July 6, 2003
- The Courier Journal, Louisville (KY), July 6, 2003
- Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel (FL), July 6, 2003
- The Oakland Tribune (CA), July 6, 2003
- Grand Rapids Press (MI), June 29, 2003
- The Herald, Everett (WA), June 29, 2003
- Redding Record Searchlight, (CA), June 29, 2003
- Los Angeles Times (CA), June 22, 2003

* San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2003: “Manatee Researchers in Belize Need Help.”

* Portsmouth Herald, NH, April 20, 2003 “Journey into the Hearth of Darkness.”

* Conde Nast Traveler, pg 68 “Labor of Love: Turning Beach Holiday’s into Good Deeds,” by Deborah Dunn.

* Bay Nature Magazine, Jan-March 2003, pp. 12-16: Fluke or Fixture? Gray Whales Discover San Francisco Bay.”

* USA Today, January 4, 2002. "10 Great Places to Discover a Whale of a Tale." By Laura Bly (from tips by Patricia Corrigan).

* Outside Magazine, January 2002, page 72. "Righteous Journeys" by Meg Lukens Noonan. Highlights Oceanic Society expeditions to Midway Atoll.

* New York Times, Sunday, December 23, 2001. "Volunteering on Vacation." By Jo Broyles Yohay.

* San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, October 14, 2001, "A New World Comes to Life Every Fall at the Farallon Islands." By Tom Stienstra.

* Smithsonian Magazine, September 2001, page 89, "Where the Gooney Birds Are." By Timothy Foote.

* San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 2001, page C7, "Oceanic Society Tour of Belize, Guatemala and Honduras."

* San Francisco Chronicle, Thursday, July 5, 2001, page B8, "Open Ocean Cruise to Cordell Bank."

* San Jose Mercury News, Sunday, June 17, 2001, "Wanderlust." Rick E. Martin, photographer.

* Forbes Magazine, June 11, 2001, page 160, "Walter Middy Meets Uncle Sam." By Leigh Gallagher.

* Chicago Tribune, May 13, 2001, Section 8,page 4, "An Island Gone to the Gooney Birds." By Margaret Backenheimer.

* San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2001, "Wildlife Research Expeditions."

* San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 2001, page A6, "Sharks Under Seige." By Glen Martin.

* Palm Beach Post, Sunday, April 29, 2001, page H1, "Return to Midway." By Howard Pousner.

* Norfolk Daily Press, Sunday, April 1, 2001, page J8, "Caribbean Paradise."

* Sunset Magazine, Summer 2001, page 50, "American Galapagos."

* San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2001, "Gray Whales Frolic in the South Bay."

* San Francisco Examiner, February 28, 2001, "Flippin' by the Dock of the Bay."

* Sacramento Bee, February 18, 2001, "Oceanic Society Invites Volunteers and Families."

*National Wildlife Magazine, October/November 2000, cover story, page 50, "Dancing to An Ancient Beat" (topic: Albatross of Midway Atoll).

*Wildlife Conservation Magazine, August 2000, page 14, "South America's Luckiest Turtles."

*Newsweek, July 10, 2000, page 69 "Volunteering on Your Vacation."

*San Francisco Chronicle, May 29, Science feature, page A4, "Increase in Pacific whale deaths leaves scientists scrambling for clues."

*New York Times, April 30, 2000, page 4, "Volunteering on Vacation."

*San Francisco Chronicle, April 25, front page, "Oceanic Society initiates 5-yr. study on the gray whale in San Francisco Bay."

*USA Today, March 15, 2000, Life section. "The Albatross's Abrupt Descent" by Tim Friend, Science editor.

Last updated on 2/5/02.