The most comprehensive update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ™ will be unveiled
The IUCN Red List (2008) is now expected to cover more than 45,000 species. Not all the world’s species have been assessed but coverage is increasing every year.
Global Mammal Assessment released. Find out how all 5,490 of the world’s mammals […]

Whether you are a scuba diver, snorkeler, swimmer or someone who like to see interesting marine life you should be concerned.  As reported here previously, the ocean and life in it are in trouble.  Over 70% of the world is covered by water and about 95% is still unexplored, yet soon there may be not […]

What do you know about NOAA?  First, do you know what NOAA stands for? Second, do you know what NOAA does and third do you know how you can be part of NOAA?
NOAA is the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, a division of the US Department of Commerce.  “NOAA is an agency that enriches life through science. Our reach goes […]

 
As gas and airline continue to prices go up, and airlines are cutting back flights across the board, divers might want to look at more economical places to visit.  In May I wrote about wreck diving in Lake Erie and the Florida.  In addition there are articles about West Coast Diving and cave diving within the US at […]

Census of Marine Life-affiliated scientists consolidating world databases of ocean organisms have demoted to alias status almost one-third of all names culled from 34 regional and highly specialized inventories.
The new World Register of Marine Species contains about 122,500 validated marine species names (experts having recognized and tidied up some 56,400 aliases - 32% of all names […]

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, announced it will increase its size of 8 million gallons of water to 9.5 million, by adding a dolphin habitat which will include a dolphin show and encounter.  Already, billed as the “world’s largest aquarium, the expansion will increase the size and number or animals available for viewing.
Previously scubaology.com wrote about the Whale […]

So, what do you know about Lake Erie of the Great Lakes?  It is the 2nd smallest of Great Lakes but still the 10th largest lake globally.  It has an average depth of only 62 feet and is the warmest of Great Lakes.  Did you also know that there are 277 known wrecks?  Check out […]

The Associations of Zooz and Aquariums (AZA) has declared 2008 “The Year of the Frog”.  According to the AZA “Frogs are going extinct. So are toads, salamanders, newts, and the intriguingly unusual caecilians. In fact, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) estimates that at least one-third of known amphibian species are threatened with extinction. While the […]

 
Alert Diver, the DAN magazine, recently published an article by Dan Orr Your Gas Supply.  While I agree with many of the points made,  I think there is a simpler and safer way.  It is a procedure we teach in our YMCA class called The Rule of Thirds that I wrote about in a February article in Scubaology.com.
Dan’s […]

Divers and snorklersare always looking for ways to identify the fish they see.  Some of us carry plastic ID charts, some have ID books.  Here is another to learn to identify the fish you see.  The Palm Beach County Reef Research Team has currently 23 fish ID quizzes on their site. 

REEF is another non-profit that has […]