The Cave Divers Association of Australia releases the findings of its investigation into the November 2025 death of a diver at Tank Cave ...

One boat has been sunk and a second damaged by a pod of orcas (killer whales) off the coast of Portugal. The sunken vessel, named Oceanview, which belongs to the Nautic Squad, a sailing based in ...

A teenage scuba diver from Colorado, USA, has lost one of her legs following a shark-biting incident off the coast of Belize. Annabelle Carlson, 15, was diving near Halfmoon Caye in the Gulf of ...

Following on from her excellent and similarly weighty 2019 tome 100 Dives of a Lifetime, National Geographic writer Carrie Miller and her photographer husband, Chris Taylor, spent 14 months in 35 ...

The golden nurse shark was caught during a sport fishing competition in Costa Rica (Photo: ParisminaDomusDei/Facebook) A new study has documented the first recorded case of the rare pigmentation ...

Think you know your dive gear, gas mixes, and buoyancy tricks? Dive into the deep end of scuba knowledge with this True or False challenge – not for the faint-finned!

Named for the sailors of Greek mythology, argonauts – also known as paper nautili – are a unique group of shelled octopuses (and can’t sail) The common name ‘paper nautilus’ refers to the paper-thin ...

A pocket-size treat for shark lovers – a review of Sharkpedia, A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore by Daniel C Abel, Princeton University Press What a treat this pocket-sized compendium is, packed with ...

A female diver from the city of St Petersburg has been rescued after spending 24 hours drifting in the cold waters of the Tatar Strait, off the eastern coast of Russia During the dive, her guide ...

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Divers have been a vital asset for centuries, even millennia – the first recorded use of underwater breathing apparatus dates back to ancient Greece – and their role in military operations, research ...

Think you can spot the difference between a dragon, a slug and a shark? Test your marine ID skills with this advanced underwater animal quiz.