With its rich culture, stunning landscapes, and diverse underwater ecosystems, Japan offers an unparalleled diving experience that beckons adventurers from…

CITIES meeting misses historic opportunity Last week, on 27 November 2017, the Standing Committee of CITES missed the opportunity to…

Whales supposedly killed for "research" purposes After four months at sea, the Japanese whaling fleet has returned from its controversial…

Calls made for whaling issue to be part of EU-Japan free trade agreement negotiations Once again, Japan’s whaling activities is…

The spiny devilfish (Inimicus didactylus) is a venomous marine fish of the Synanceiidae family. This family also includes stonefish, which are considered some…

Diving in the Pacific Islands is a bucket list vacation for many scuba divers and unsurprisingly so. Idyllic islands surrounded…

When we saw the pictures that our photographer Janez Kranjc had taken, we joked that he had found a "hairy fish".…

For my final blog post on my visit to Canada, I want to turn my attention fully to the attraction…

In the southern part of Baja California Sur, on the Pacific Coast, the offshore high sea is a place of…

These are a few of the stunning winners from the latest edition of the prestigious Underwater Photographer of the Year…

The name of a fish order - Tetraodontiformes - does not sound familiar to many, but when we look into…

"Caution, sea urchins!" Does this sound familiar? The name ‘sea urchin’ resounds on almost every dive boat. We are always…

On February 17, 1944, more than 60 Japanese warships and over 400 fighter jets await their deployment. No one suspects…

When I first heard the name 'Carpet shark', I thought it was a joke. The name does not sound very…

After returning from a recent scuba training event in the Red Sea it reminded me that each year literally millions…

Expedition to provide further arguments for the world's largest marine protected area Greenpeace will explore previously barely known regions in…

The invisible water resource In the scientific journal Earth Science Reviews, geologists Nils Moosdorf and Till Oehler from the Leibniz…

The look of the Baja California Sur can appear tedious: cactus, desert, rocks, beaches and vice versa, but the underwater…

Filmmaking is not a common job. You have to be very passionate about it and that is mostly because it…

Ship targetted to become artificial reef These days, weather permitting, a ship is scheduled to sink. Nothing special? In the…

Japanese whaling ships set off on lethal missionDespite having adopted a new method to control their scientific whaling activities at…

CITES voted yesterday (4th October) on proposals to list silky sharks, all three species of thresher sharks and all nine…

Squid charms scientists with its googly eyesWhen filming the ocean depths at about 900 metres off the Californian coast recently,…

Disease causes growths that obstruct turtle's vision Green sea turtles, which are currently endangered, are facing another threat – a…

Asia to get warmer and stormier Global warming is causing a change in some ocean currents. Scientists have shown that…

Scientists from Oldenburg and Frankfurt have modelled how the global shipping routes leads to the spread of invasive plant and…

The green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) is one of the diver's favourite fishes. A school of more than 50 of…

A higher level of defence has been found within an invasive strain of seaweed from Asia that has translocated to…

“If sharks die, life on earth will also perish.” An Austrian team led by freediver Christian Redl and musician/diver Wolfgang…

Wrecks, drift drives, with lots of sharks, manta rays and macro life – Palau has everything that divers would wish…