This first foray into using UAVs for orca research has shown the value of remote aerial observation when it comes to marine biology. As well as being able to determine the orcas’ condition, the research team gained rare insight into the private lives of the orca pods.
Jessica Macdonald
The lost city of Atlantis conjures fantastical images of underwater exploration, of a mythical people and a lost civilization, which over the centuries has become the stuff of legend.
They’re the second largest fish in the sea, and equally as impressive as their more famous cousins, whale sharks. And yet, basking sharks remain something of a mystery, an oddity that most people will only ever see on television, if at all.
When the valley was flooded to create the lake, the factory remained above the water line, but the mills assumed new identities as complex, submerged ruins, ideally suited to scuba exploration.
Protea Banks is famous for tiger and bull sharks, but depending on your luck and the season, you may also spot great whites, threshers, copper sharks, duskies, sandbar sharks, guitar sharks, oceanic blacktips and shoals of schooling hammerheads.
Because the islands lie at this junction of tropical and temperate water, and because they have been isolated from the mainland for so long, they boast an impressive array of flora and fauna both above and below the waves, some of which is found nowhere else.
Since their glory days serving as film props, these wrecks have become a haven for a wonderful array of marine life, from colonies of beautiful, but invasive, lionfish to turtles, barracuda and shoals of Technicolor reef fish.
A University of Southern Denmark research team has created a new material that’s being hailed by some as a potential game-changer for scuba.
With another Shark Week come and gone, you may be feeling rather inundated with shark facts — and almost certainly with quite a bit of shark fiction.
On September 30th, the Indonesian government announced a series of arrests made between August 22nd and September 26th after the perpetrators in question were caught illegally trading in manta parts.
Lundy is a unique place, made so not only by its seal colonies, but also by the natural splendor in which they live.
Constructed of concrete specifically blended to promote the adhesion and growth of coral species, the statues have become a literal metaphor for the connection between mankind and the ocean.
The deep end of the pool just got a whole lot deeper with the opening of the Y-40 Deep Joy in September.
On September 18th, Egyptian diver Ahmed Gabr embarked on a world-record breaking scuba-diving attempt, meant to take him deeper than anyone had ever dived.
Divers often describe their experiences underwater as surreal, but there’s one European dive destination that takes surrealism to a whole new level.
As you swim through the lake’s waters, the jellyfish part before you and close ranks immediately behind you, a living curtain of golden globes contrasting with the soupy green of the lake itself. It is a psychedelic spectacle that seems otherworldly, and yet this is reality in Palau’s Jellyfish Lake.
It’s experiences like these that will change the world’s opinion of this species, which is why I challenge even those afraid of sharks to take this small step into their realm.
Diving trips can often take us to places that put us at risk for malaria. Here we’ll discuss anti-malarial drugs and their potential side-effects, especially for divers.