Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be previously undiscovered, including a tentacled orange worm and an unusual black jellyfish. Project leader Dr. Larry Madin said Tuesday ...
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Scuba Diving in Malpelo – Colombia
With lethargic grace, the hammerhead shark slices through the blue gloom. It flicks its T-shaped head this way and that, surveying its underwater domain with the surety of knowing that the food chain comes to an abrupt end in its ...
Read More »Iran alarmed by mass dolphin deaths
The mysterious “mass suicide” of 152 dolphins washed up on Iran’s coast over the past month has alarmed environmentalists, with the blame pointed at regional fishing practices, officials said on Monday. In September, 79 striped dolphins were found washed up ...
Read More »4 year old boy swims with beluga whale
The 4-year-old boy took a breath, ducked underwater and planted a kiss on the huge whale beside him. A trainer then lifted Huang Yan onto the back of the beluga whale, which is about 30 times his size, and the ...
Read More »No hope for 3 missing Divers – Red Sea
Egyptian police have halted their search for three missing Russian divers in the Red Sea, and official said Monday, but a private diving rescue service said it will continue the search for another day. The divers went missing in the ...
Read More »Useful Guide To Building A Reef
Coral reefs die for many reasons, both from natural disasters and manmade pressures. A reef system that took hundreds of years to grow can be destroyed in a single day. When reefs die, fish populations disappear, fishermen lose their livelihoods, ...
Read More »Zeagle Envoy Regulator
Tremendous Value with Uncompromising Performance The Envoy is an incredible value, matching or exceeding the performance of regulators costing much more. If you are looking for an economical regulator that doesn’t compromise on performance or reliability, you can’t do better ...
Read More »Scuba Diving Turkey
Hasankeyf in southeast Turkey has been home to Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans over the past 3,000 years, and has the monuments to prove it. Visitors may soon need scuba gear to see them. Turkey plans to build a $1.7 ...
Read More »Giant underwater lab project started
Early next week, the 140-metre-long Ile de Seine – one of the largest cable-laying ships in the world – will pull into Port Alberni harbour in British Columbia, completing the first chapter of a mammoth research project to unlock the ...
Read More »Scuba Diving Grenada
For some of the best diving in the Caribbean look no further than the idyllic island of Grenada and its sister islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Located in the Eastern Caribbean, the southernmost end of the Windward Islands and ...
Read More »Go and Dive with Matt
Once again Matt “Aqua-Man” Johnston will be coming to the Florida Keys to dive with Conch Republic Divers. This year he’ll be here November 2th – 9th, 2007. Last year we had the Today Show cover his dives and in ...
Read More »SSI Launches New Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Program
Fort Collins, CO. Scuba Schools International (SSI), the premier education and business organization announces the launch of the new SSI Digital Underwater Photography specialty program at DEMA 2007. The program covers everything that any new or aspiring underwater photographer needs ...
Read More »Lazy divers bring new hope for local women in Indonesia
Before Ni Nengah Dempi joined the Sekar Baruna women’s cooperative in Tulamben, Karang Asem, it was a daily struggle to feed her five children. The cooperative is located near a number of popular diving destinations some 90 kilometers east of ...
Read More »Leave the whales alone…
Spanish marine park’s killer whale has lived up to its name with a frightening attack — smashing a female trainer with its snout, biting her arm and dragging her underwater repeatedly. The trainer, Claudia Vollhardt of Germany, remains in hospital ...
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