The project began an ambitious study to attach satellite tags to sharks at Darwin Island to track their movements.
Marine Species
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.
New study explains effective method for underwater-sampling of manta ray mucus as an alternative DNA source.
Here are a few of the world’s most easily distinguishable seabird families, presented with the hope that this may spark in the avid divers who read it a new passion for the ocean’s magnificent avian residents.
Mexico’s San Ignacio Lagoon is one of the few places on Earth where it’s possible to come face-to-face with one of the ocean’s most impressive creatures without getting wet
There are currently 56 orcas in captivity around the world, each one a sentient being whose rights have been judged less important than financial profit.
There’s more than meets the eye with this creature, and it’s far more complex than its outward appearance.
Despite the difference in their appearances, all sharks possess traits that set them apart from other fish.
At least 19 individual whales were spotted a total of 87 times in 2014 alone, and sightings have been on the rise since fishermen and other sea goers started reported on the phenomenon in 2010.
While the Japanese dolphin drive may be the world’s most infamous, it is certainly not unique
Positive conservation stories like this one represent a ray of hope in the darkness, a hope that we can bring the oceans back from the brink to which we have pushed them
These often brilliantly colored small fish are indeed amazing to observe, but difficult to photograph.
In The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins, Whitehead and Rendell write that understanding cetacean culture will affect the way we view our responsibilities towards them.
Many of the most fascinating marine creatures live at extreme depths, where the darkness is absolute and the surrounding pressure is immense.
Guides draw upon a comprehensive awareness of which underwater environments are favored by which species. You too can develop this awareness and subsequently use it to spot marine life at any dive site, regardless of how well you know it.
We still have much to learn in terms of fully understanding the secrets of the humpbacks’ song, which is perhaps why it remains one of Nature’s most compelling and enchanting sounds.
Until recently, it was widely assumed that during this time the turtles drifted passively with the ocean currents, lacking the size or power to consciously determine their own direction.