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The State of our Beloved Coral

Posted by Ila France Porcher

09 December, 2024 - 11:40

Ecology & Science
USS Edsall Wreck Discovered After 82 Years

Posted by Chief minion

05 December, 2024 - 13:42

Wrecks & Archaeology
Fishing is causing fish to flee when they should mate

Posted by Catherine GS Lim

02 December, 2024 - 09:50

Ecology & Science
Global crayfish map launched

Posted by Catherine GS Lim

27 November, 2024 - 17:37

Ecology & Science
Whales vs. Ships: A Global Collision Crisis

Posted by Catherine GS Lim

22 November, 2024 - 17:01

Ecology & Science
New species of hermit crab discovered

Posted by Catherine GS Lim

18 November, 2024 - 16:24

Ecology & Science

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Recent studies have raised alarming concerns about the levels of toxic chemicals found in UK whales and dolphins.

Toxic Chemicals in UK Whales and Dolphins: A Growing Concern

Ecology & Science

HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was an Edgar-class protected cruiser.

Wreck of WWI Cruiser HMS Hawke Found in “Amazing” Condition

Wrecks & Archaeology

Wisconsin Historical Society diver takes photos for a 3D photogrammetry model of the Margaret A. Muir.

150-Year-Old Shipwreck of Schooner Margaret Muir Found in Lake Michigan

Wrecks & Archaeology

Showcase Your Brand at the Scandinavian Dive Show!

Media information & Advertising

Editorials & Op'eds

Learn Their (Body) Language

21 Sep, 2024 Chief minion

An Innate Connection

25 May, 2024 Chief minion

Press Releases Received

Diveheart Wins DEMA 2024 Platinum Diving Community Champions Award

29 Nov, 2024

Last Cabin on the Arenui in Raja Ampat for New Years!

25 Nov, 2024

Diveheart Releases New Documentary: “The Legend of the Statue” – A Tribute to Gabe Spataro

14 Nov, 2024

BackscatterXterminator Editing Tool Launches

14 Nov, 2024

Upcoming Events & Expos

18 Jan, 2025 ➢ 26 Jan, 2025

Boot 2025

Düsseldorf, Germany

7 Feb, 2025 ➢ 9 Feb, 2025

Scandinavian Dive Show

Gothenburg, Sweden

15 Mar, 2025 ➢ 16 Mar, 2025

Boston Sea Rovers

Boston, Massachusetts

13 Jun, 2025 ➢ 15 Jun, 2025

Malaysia International Dive Expo (MIDE) 2025

Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC), Kuala Lumpur

Wrecks & Marine Archaeology

USS Edsall

USS Edsall Wreck Discovered After 82 Years

Dec 05, 2024 WWII Wrecks

World War I Warship HMS Stephen Furness Discovered in Irish Sea

Nov 11, 2024 WWI Wrecks

Wreck of WW2 Submarine HMS 'Trooper' located in Greek waters

Oct 29, 2024 Submarines

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Tech & Training

Simon Pridmore

Great white shark. Photo by Elias Levy (Flickr Commons / CC BY 2.0)

The Dawn of Understanding: Blue Water, White Death – 50 Years On

07 Sep, 2021

Mark Powell

Permanent Change: When Have We Learnt?

03 Jan, 2018 Training

Matt Jevon

Training vs Experience

02 Jan, 2018 Matt Jevon Training

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Tech & Training

It’s Probably Not You – It’s the Cylinders

Jul 17, 2024 Training

Scuba diver

All the Trimmings: Tips to Improve Your Efficiency in Water with Good Trim

Oct 10, 2022 Training

NASA Johnson / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

Do What You Teach and Teach What You Do

Sep 01, 2022 Training

Photo courtesy of Michael Mason

Be a Better Divemaster: Apply Human Factors

Jan 05, 2022 Training

Diver wearing a sidemounted rebreather

Bailout CCR Course Standards Outlined

Sep 28, 2021 Training , Sidemount , Rebreathers

Tulum, Mexico. Photo by Pierre Constant

Tulum: DPV Cave Diving Course in Mexico

Aug 01, 2021 Training

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Technical Diving - News

Tragic Incident Off the Coast of Orkney: Lessons from a Diver's Fatal Accident

03 Jul, 2024

Technical Diving Features

US Coast Guard Report: Rob Stewart

29 Apr, 2024

Technical Diving - features from the archives

Ordinskaya Cave

13 Oct, 2011 Cave Diving and Mines

Richard Lundgren: The Man From Mars

17 Feb, 2014

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Safety Culture

Gareth Lock

Human Factors in Diving Conference Coming up

Jul 14, 2021 Safety Culture

Divers Adrift - Surviving Being Lost at Sea

Jan 09, 2021 Training , Rescue , Safety Culture

Gas Management 101

Jan 09, 2021 Training , Safety Culture

Avoiding Bad Gas - Tips for Preventing Breathing-Gas Contamination

Jan 05, 2021 Safety Culture

Defensive Diving, Part 2

Oct 31, 2020 Training , Safety Culture

Defensive Diving, Part 1

Jun 19, 2020 Training , Safety Culture

Travel

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25 Nov, 2024

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11 Nov, 2024

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08 Nov, 2024

Emperor Divers and Bilikiki Cruises Announce Exciting New Partnership

05 Nov, 2024

Latest Travel Features

Indonesia: An Underwater Photographic Journey

Lureen Ferretti

17 Sep, 2024

Travel & Trips

Southeast Asia

Indonesia
Graciosa: Delectable Diving & Dining in the Azores

Brandi Mueller

27 Aug, 2024

Travel & Trips

Atlantic

Portugal

Azores
Banda Sea & Forgotten Islands

Claudia Weber-Gebert

18 Jul, 2024

Travel & Trips

Southeast Asia

Indonesia
Madeira: Atlantic Island of Adventure

Brandi Mueller

28 Jun, 2024

Travel & Trips

Portugal

Madeira
Cuba: Escapade in the Caribbean

Pierre Constant

31 May, 2024

Travel & Trips

Cuba
Porto Santo: Relaxation, Great Food & Fantastic Diving

Brandi Mueller

31 May, 2024

Travel & Trips

Southern Europe

Portugal

Madeira

Dive Travel News

Airlines Start Dropping Pandemic-Specific Rules

03 Apr, 2021 Travel & Trips COVID-19

Captain Ordered to Pay $32K for 2019 Dive Boat Fire

02 Aug, 2024 Travel & Trips

Travel News & Advisories

Salomons Atoll in the Chagos Archipelago

UK Hands Over Sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

04 Oct, 2024 Travel & Trips

Boracay to Open New Hyperbaric Facility

12 Jun, 2024 Travel & Trips

Thetis Island

By Barb Roy

13 October, 2008 - 12:00

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Timor-Leste’s Tasi Tolu

By Don Silcock

20 October, 2012 - 13:37

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Vanuatu: Pacific Island Adventure

By My Minion

16 March, 2024 - 09:10

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Florida Manatees: Sirenians of Crystal River

By Don Silcock

06 January, 2015 - 13:51

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Grand Bahama

By Matthew Meier

13 October, 2011 - 23:36

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Kwajalein Atoll: Wrecks of the Pacific

By My Minion

04 August, 2015 - 14:24

Posted in: Travel & Trips

News from Divers Alert Network (DAN)

Connect With DAN at DEMA: Member Social, Appointments, Seminars, and More

Nov 12, 2024

DAN Launches “Every Diver” Campaign Featuring Member Testimonials

Oct 29, 2024

DAN Reminds Dive Pros to Avoid a Gap in Their Liability Coverage

Jun 19, 2024

DAN at 2024 Scuba Show

May 24, 2024

DAN Introduces Continuing Education for Dive Professionals

May 22, 2024

DAN Celebrates 15 Years of Dive Safety Seminars in Cozumel

Dec 20, 2023

DAN Receives NAUI Innovation Award

Dec 14, 2023

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Culture & Lifestyle

Portfolios

Nate Wilson Portfolio

By My Minion

19 January, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Olivier Leger Portfolio

By My Minion

20 June, 2023

Posted in: Portfolios
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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Marguerita Hagan Portfolio

By My Minion

10 October, 2023

Posted in: Portfolios
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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Tony Fredriksson Portfolio

By My Minion

06 February, 2023

Posted in: Portfolios
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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Grace Marquez Portfolio

By My Minion

07 August, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Paul Fearn Portfolio

By My Minion

27 April, 2023

Posted in: Portfolios
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Portfolio: Alan Williams

By My Minion

14 October, 2023

Posted in: Portfolios
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Rico Besserdich Portfolio

By Peter Symes

05 January, 2022

Posted in: Portfolios

Books & Media by our contributors

The World Beneath

Richard Smith

Scuba Professional

Simon Pridmore

Under Pressure: Diving Deeper with Human Factors

Gareth Lock

My Sunset Rendezvous: Crisis in Tahiti

Ila France Porcher

Books & Media by others

Hidden Realms

Martyn Farr

Shipwrecks of the Dover Straits

Stefan Panis

What the Wild Sea Can Be

Helen Scales

A Snorkeller’s Guide to the Mediterranean

Keith Broomfield

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Ecology

Stuff

The State of our Beloved Coral

By Ila France Porcher

December 09, 2024 - 11:40

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Fishing is causing fish to flee when they should mate

By Catherine GS Lim

December 02, 2024 - 09:50

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Global crayfish map launched

By Catherine GS Lim

November 27, 2024 - 17:37

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Whales vs. Ships: A Global Collision Crisis

By Catherine GS Lim

November 22, 2024 - 17:01

Posted in: Ecology & Science
New species of hermit crab discovered

By Catherine GS Lim

November 18, 2024 - 16:24

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Chlorine and cocoa butter: a formula for treating diseased corals?

By Catherine GS Lim

November 15, 2024 - 16:31

Posted in: Ecology & Science

Marine Mammals

Whales vs. Ships: A Global Collision Crisis

Nov 22, 2024 Whales

Weddell Seals Time Their Hunts Strategically

Nov 01, 2024 Seals & Sea lions

Dolphins ‘Smile’ at Each Other When They Play

Oct 04, 2024 Dolphins

A pod of resident orcas travels at the surface

Salish Sea Too Noisy for Resident Orcas

Sep 11, 2024 Orca

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchs)

New Species of Hammerhead Shark Discovered

Nov 11, 2024 Sharks

angular roughshark

The Angular Roughshark: A Unique Deep-Sea Predator

Sep 18, 2024 Sharks

Environmental Stress Drives Sharks from Coral Reefs

Sep 12, 2024 Sharks

Porbeagle sharks

Big Sharks Eat Big Sharks!

Sep 05, 2024 Sharks

Sentience and Self-Awareness

Understanding the Octopus: A Dive into Its World

Aug 23, 2024 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

Blue-ringed octopus

Sentience or Consciousness?

Aug 02, 2024 Sentience

Can Clownfish Count?

Feb 04, 2024 Sentience , Fish

social sharks

Sharks as Social and Sentient Beings

Aug 28, 2023 Sentience

Fish Recognises Itself in Photographs

Jun 30, 2023 Behaviour , Self-awareness

Giant Pacific Octopus - photo by Andrey Bizyukin

Do Octopuses Have an Emotional Life?

Jul 30, 2022 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

Their apparent problem-solving ability has led cephalopods to be recognised as intelligent.

Do Octopuses Dream?

Apr 01, 2021 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

Squirrelfish

Seeking Eye Contact: Fish Gaze Reveals Self-Awareness

Jun 01, 2020 Behaviour , Self-awareness

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Photo & Video

Rico Besserdich - tutorials

Surgeonfish, Red Sea, photo by Rico Besserdich

A New Approach: Shooting Common Subjects in Different Ways

Sep 28, 2021

Underwater Photography on a $500 Budget

Jul 21, 2021

Prepping for Print

Apr 02, 2021

Sharpening Underwater Images in Postproduction

Nov 23, 2020

Photo by Rico Besserdich

Vivid Color with Lab in Postproduction of Underwater Images

Oct 31, 2020

Photo & Video

Ornate & Ornamental: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

ornate amphipod

Black as a Design Element: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

Signature Traits: Contributors' Picks

Still photography

UW Photo: Camera Sensors

Cameras & Optics

Transparent & Translucent: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

Ornate & Ornamental: Contributors’ Picks

By My Minion

September 17, 2024 - 08:09

Posted in: Photo & Video
Black as a Design Element: Contributors’ Picks

By My Minion

July 17, 2024 - 20:38

Posted in: Photo & Video
Manfrotto Carry-On

By Chief minion

July 10, 2024 - 20:41

Posted in: Photo & Video
AOI M67 Flip Adapter

By Chief minion

July 10, 2024 - 12:06

Posted in: Photo & Video
Weefine Ring Light

By Chief minion

July 10, 2024 - 11:06

Posted in: Photo & Video
Pentax WG-1000

By Chief minion

July 07, 2024 - 15:58

Posted in: Photo & Video

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