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Learning To Dive Back in the Day

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Sport Diving in 2025 Is in a Good Place

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Wrecks & Marine Archaeology

Seabed Holes May Help Reveal Hidden Shipwrecks

Oct 16, 2026 Marine Archaeology

A bronze sword has emerged from an Italian lake after more than 3,000 years underwater.

Bronze Age Sword Recovered From Italian Lake

Oct 14, 2026 Salvaging and preservation

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The Wetsuit for Divers Who Like to Dress Well

Oct 17, 2026 Diving Specials

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Oct 09, 2026 Poseidon

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Oct 08, 2026 Shearwater Research

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Cressi Da Vinci

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Divevolk SeaTouch 6 Pro

Sep 20, 2026 Divevolk

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Sep 10, 2026 Dryfob

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Skills for Technical Diving

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Tech Diving: A Late in Life Guide

Apr 11, 2026 Training , Technical Diving

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Oct 10, 2022 Training

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Sep 01, 2022 Training

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Jan 05, 2022 Training

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The Saint-Sauveur resurgence at Calès in France's Lot department,

British Cave Diver Named Following French Fatality

21 Sep, 2026 Cave Diving and Mines

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Adam “Ace” Machado peering up into the jungle from Cenote Sump

New Caves in the Jungle: The Story of the Mac-Ha Exploration Project

04 Sep, 2026 Cave Diving and Mines

Technical Diving - features from the archives

A ghost net at the stern of the Elbing IX floats 20m above the wreck, trapping and killing marine life

Ghost Net Recovery in the Baltic Sea

18 Jul, 2022 Technical Diving

Diver places a cookie, 74m, in Stjernheim’s shaft. Photo by Anders Etander

Utö Mines: Exploring 150-year-old Mines in Sweden

30 Jul, 2021 Cave Diving and Mines

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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

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Ett långvarigt tullproblem som berör undervattensfotografer som reser till Mexiko har återigen hamnat i fokus.

Mexico's Camera Customs Problem Sparks Growing Backlash

20 Aug, 2026 Travel & Trips

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31 Jul, 2026 Travel & Trips

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Port Hardy (British Columbia) aboard the Nautilus Swell

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To Travel or Not To Travel...

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Scuba Fundamental

Aug 23, 2016 Simon Pridmore

Scuba Compendium: The Scuba Series Books 1 to 4, by Simon Pridmore

Scuba Compendium: The Scuba Series Books 1 to 4, by Simon Pridmore

Sep 14, 2021 Simon Pridmore

Lusitania: The Underwater Collection

Lusitania: The Underwater Collection, by Vic Verlinden

Jan 02, 2023 Vic Verlinden

Underwater Museums: What Remains of WWII in the Pacific by Brandi Mueller

Underwater Museums: What Remains of WWII in the Pacific by Brandi Mueller

Oct 24, 2024 Brandi Mueller

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Marine Ecology: An Ecosystemic View of Anthropogenic Impacts, Volume 2

May 13, 2025 edited by Juan M. Molina and Gabriela E. Blasina

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The Ocean Speaks

Jul 09, 2024 Matt Porteous & Tamsin Raine

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Finders Keepers

Jan 06, 2025 Sean Kingsley

Beneath Cold Seas, by David Hall

Beneath Cold Seas

May 31, 2015 David Hall

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Marine Mammals

Marine mammal mothers may experience grief when their calves die

Do Whales and Dolphins Grieve Their Dead?

Sep 26, 2026 Dolphins

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Sperm Whales Blow Bubbles To Sleep Soundly

Aug 07, 2026 Whales

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Southern Right Whales Face Growing Pressures

Apr 08, 2026 Whales

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Orcas and Dolphins Hunt Together

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Most Migratory Sharks and Rays Remain Untracked

Sep 25, 2026 Sharks

Particular male and female bull sharks apparently reproduce together repeatedly.

Bull Sharks Keep It in the Family

Aug 16, 2026 Sharks

Shark Trust Great Shark Snapshot

The Shark Trust Great Shark Snapshot Is Back!

Jun 26, 2026 Sharks

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Egypt Moves to Protect Red Sea Sharks

Jun 12, 2026 Sharks

Sentience and Self-Awareness

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Do Whales and Dolphins Grieve Their Dead?

Sep 26, 2026 Behaviour, Sentience

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Conscious Fish?

May 14, 2026 Sentience, Self-awareness

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Conscious Fish?

May 14, 2026 Sentience, Self-awareness

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Masters of Light: From Forest Canopies to Coral Reefs

Feb 24, 2026 Behaviour, Self-awareness

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Whispering Seahorses and Pipefish

Jan 19, 2026 Sentience, Fish

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Dolphin Intelligence: Do They Talk?

Oct 24, 2024 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

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Tripod fish on blackwater dive in Cozumel

Blackwater Diving in Cozumel: When Darkness Reveals Another Ocean

Aug 21, 2026

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Photography: The Art That Makes the Invisible Visible

Jan 29, 2026 Still photography

Wild dolphins. Photo by Anita George-Ares.

Blue-Water Images: Photographing Subjects in the Water Column

Jan 19, 2026 Still photography

Sought-After Subjects: Contributors’ Picks

Oct 15, 2025 Still photography

Rico Besserdich's tutorials

Photo by Rico Besserdich

Vivid Color with Lab in Postproduction of Underwater Images

Oct 31, 2020 Still photography

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Underwater Photography on a $500 Budget

Jul 21, 2021 Equipment

Developing the Mindset of a Successful Image Maker

Apr 12, 2018 Still photography

Simulation image by Rico Besserdich.

Prepping for Print

Apr 02, 2021 Still photography

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