(Dec. 18, 2009) — An endangered turtle named Anita made history on Dec. 15, when she became one of the only live marine turtles to ever fly in the passenger cabin of an airplane, thanks to a one-time exemption by American Airlines and the dedication of a University of North Carolina Wilmington marine biology [...]

Scientists turn to Kane’ohe sharks for vision study
By Christie Wilson
Advertiser Staff Writer

A new study involving hammerhead sharks from Kane’ohe Bay indicates the weird-looking creatures have outstanding binocular eyesight and a 360-degree field of vision.

Binocular vision, which occurs when the view fields of two eyes overlap, gives the sharks excellent depth perception, making it easier for them [...]

Scuba diving at 2000m in Vallnord

Where: Arcalis, Andorra

Scuba diving at more than 2000 metres altitude is the latest trend in Vallnord. The activity combines skiing down to a frozen lake or pool then scuba diving under the ice.
There are two options: a “baptism” for beginners and technical diving for qualified divers. Once the dive has [...]

Corals caught munching on jellyfish. Are they adapting to climate change?
It would seem that jellyfish, often referred simply to as “jellies” wouldn’t have any problem floating around near patches of coral – unless that coral just happens to be a predatory species known as mushroom coral, or fingia scruposa in Latin.
This unusual phenomenon was seen [...]

How Jacques Cousteau Was Like Carl Sagan

Chris Mooney wrote the following article for Discover magazine a few weeks ago.  Most diver are familiar with Jacques Cousteau or his son Philippe Cousteau.   If you don’t know much about Jacques this will give you a more insight.  Enjoy
Last night, along [...]

Many of us who have been diving for a FEW years have been in many places known to divers throughout the world.  But every so often we find a place that is off the beaten path and Homestead Crater in Utah is one of those place.
Inside the crater is a thermo pool and dive center. [...]

Does this sound familiar…
You bought a new camera and an underwater camera housing to go with it. You couldn’t wait to go diving and start photographing the exotic marine life, but now you are back above the surface the results aren’t quite what you were expecting. If so, you are not alone. Read on…
This email, [...]

A couple of weeks ago I published an article about starfish.  Then a friend sent me this and I thought why not share.  Hope you enjoy it.

Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana . He

performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he
sent to his [...]

The Key West Dive Center, the premier center for all things related to Key West diving and tours, will be offering special Fantasy Fest rates and trips for the hundreds of thousands of revelers who descend on the southernmost island of Key West during the last week of October. The center hopes to [...]

Starfish are mysterious creatures. Some people and articles I have read say they should be called sea stars because of their shape and their lack of relationship to fish. I had never taken an interest in them until recently when I visited Alaska and kayaked on the Tatoosh Islands. The Tatoosh are located north of [...]