The German company that produces the ENOS Beacon diver rescue system has donated all 3,000 euros in prize money won by its product in a
The German company that produces the ENOS Beacon diver rescue system has donated all 3,000 euros in prize money won by its product in a
Blue whale experts at Australia’s Flinders University say they have undertaken a major stock-take of the number, distribution and genetic characteristics of populations around the
Five ancient timber dugout canoes found in a lake north-west of Rome have been analysed and dated to the late Neolithic period – making them
The sight of 10 rarely seen prickly sharks gathered together caused excitement among the scientists making a submersible descent to the depths of Cordillera de
Some four months on from the initial reports, the mysterious erratic behaviour and associated deaths of endangered smalltooth sawfish, along with many other fish species,
Planting new coral on degraded reefs can lead to recovery so rapid that the restored reefs end up growing as fast as healthy reefs after
Coral larvae use the “symphony of sounds” familiar to scuba divers on healthy reefs to help them decide where to live and grow, according to
An innovative eastern Pacific fish-finding expedition involving no fewer than 11 underwater photographers has resulted in the description of a new wrasse species now dubbed
The Plymouth-based Marine Biological Association (MBA) was established in Victorian times, making it one of the world’s longest-running societies dedicated to promoting the oceans and
Researchers in Cornwall have discovered what they say is one of the biggest fields of maerl ever located in UK waters – and that the
Trolling – not online sniping, but the fishing method – is said to be endangering scuba divers in Malta, and now a group of them
A scuba diver exploring a remote part of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has reunited a snorkeller with a mobile phone he had lost 10 days
UK-based marine-conservation charity the Reef-World Foundation, which administers the UN’s Green Fins diving eco-awareness programme, is celebrating a £335,000 windfall after being awarded advertising space
A new species of side-gilled sea slug has been discovered in Britain – and named Pleurobranchaea britannica. The nudibranch was collected by scientists on the
An elderly diver in South Australia has revealed how an anchor from a famous shipwreck was turned into a well-known landmark exactly 60 years ago.
Five Californian scientific bodies have come together in a bid to reverse the fading fortunes of one of the world’s biggest starfish, the sunflower star.
Baleen whales, which include blues, greys and humpbacks, communicate over long distances under water using their array of songs – but only now have researchers
Training agency PADI and wellness confectioner Neuro are continuing their tie-up with the launch of a whale-inspired limited-edition container designed to fund ocean conservation. During
A network of coral nurseries and restoration sites around the Dutch Caribbean islands of Bonaire and Klein Bonaire is being expanded by the Reef Renewal
The Isle of Man Post Office is releasing a set of six stamps featuring a range of sea fish found at the diving destination. The Marine
When a lone common dolphin was reported circling in a shallow inlet at Place, near Portscatho in Cornwall on the morning of Friday, 16 February,
Tobago’s dive-sites might have been spared by the serious oil-spill that has affected other parts of the island’s south coast, as reported here on 12
PADI Worldwide has announced the latest set of international AmbassaDivers to join its team. “In each of their own unique ways, our new AmbassaDivers stand
Scuba divers in southern Italy have recovered a worked stone block, thought to be the base of a marble statue belonging to an ancient Roman
Tobago has contained the oil-spillage from a mystery ship that capsized close to the south-west coast – and the dive-sites in the west and north-east
Rebreather diver Luiz Rocha, who reaches depths as great as 150m to study little-known coral reefs, has been elected to the 2024 class of the
The Seychelles outer islands Alphonse and St François have been designated Important Shark & Ray Areas (ISRAs) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Large numbers of killer whales, including babies, are reported to have become trapped in thick drift-ice off the town Rausu on the Japanese island of
Plans for the defunct National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC) inland diving facility to get a new lease of life at a location near Neath
National Geographic Pristine Seas has returned to Palau in the western Pacific Ocean 10 years after its last major trip to conduct surveys of its
Amanda Delaforce presents a whistlestop tour of the main diving areas in the Maldives, and looks at the pros and cons of liveaboard over land-based
PT Hirschfield chats to the French-born award-winning underwater photographer, regular magazine contributor and founder of recently launched The Underwater Club, Nicolas Remy Photographs by Nicolas
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