In a step to protect marine wildlife, the state puts a ban on plastic microbeads
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Oceana hopes that this win becomes a stepping stone for an entirely new way of approaching the fishing industry.
The vision behind Project Poseidon is to facilitate a greater understanding of the link and synergy that exists between sea and space, and to use the mission as a catalyst to strengthen that connection.
The discovery has raised a number of exciting questions, including how the turtles generate their biofluorescence, and whether the ability is limited to the Solomon Islands population.
I hope next time you’re out on a dive you take the opportunity to try and spot some of these marvelous and fascinating creatures and who knows — perhaps you too could have one named after you.
Out of the cold in Northern Maine, an ingeniously simple solution was born making diving safer and more fun
When it comes to breaking world records, our sport offers almost limitless scope for achievement.
If you’re looking to go off the beaten path a bit while diving the Red Sea, venture south to the area around Marsa Alam for terrific results.
Using figures from previously published papers, the authors of this recent study estimate that in the United States alone, 8 trillion microbeads make their way into lakes, rivers and estuaries every day.
New study explains effective method for underwater-sampling of manta ray mucus as an alternative DNA source.
The beauty and wonder of the human soul will meet the astonishing diversity of nature as we escape the terrestrial confines of gravity and embrace the weightless magic of life in the sea.
Last week, a 66-year-old Japanese tourist pushed the selfie death toll for 2015 to 12, after a photo on the steps of the Taj Mahal led to a fatal fall.
In a time when ocean acidification as a result of climate change threatens the health of marine environments all over the world, understanding how the Kavachi sharks have adapted to survive in highly acidic conditions is of particular interest.
Actions such as these are desperately needed, as the majority of known shark species are, to some extent, endangered, and 30 percent are considered at risk of extinction.
Controversy has been ignited after a fishing trawler from Cornwall, England accidentally caught 10 tons of shark while fishing for John Dory off the Isles of Scilly.
The small island has been designated by more than one media source as the “Shipwreck Capital of the Atlantic,” with well over 200 wrecks between 20 and 100 feet.