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- World-first discovery of hybrid sharks off Australia’s east coast
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- Underwater Photography Guide announces Photo Competition Winners
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SCUBA diving Archive
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Hamlet fish sheds light on evolution
SCUBA divers record distribution of reef fish and help make evolution discovery. -
Sea of Cortez Threatened
Life in the Sea of Cortez is endangered by destructive new fishing methods. Ten years ago graduate students Octavio Aburto-Oropeza and Gustavo Paredes surveyed the marine life of the Sea of Cortez (also known as the Gulf of California). In 2009 they went back and were shocked at how things had declined. Sixty percent of the [...] -
Creature of the Month: Burrowing Anemone
This common species – Cerianthus lloydii – is not a true anemone but a tube anemone. Instead of attaching itself to a rock it lives in a soft felt-like tube protruding above sand or mud. The anemone’s tentacles are usually all that is visible. The inner set circle the mouth and are short and stiff. [...] -
Creature of the Month: Plumose Anemone
Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) occur in large numbers in good diving areas in temperate waters. They comprise a tall, smooth column topped with a crown of feathery tentacles. When they contact they look like swirly blobs, as can be seen in our photograph. Individuals may be white, orange, green or blue in colour. They grow up [...] -
Fish surveys could be inaccurate
Fish surveys are often conducted by SCUBA divers or snorkellers. A study in the journal Environmental monitoring and assessment has found that these surveys may be inherently inaccurate as snorkellers frighten away the fish they are supposed to be counting. Researchers from at the University of Victoria, Canada, used an underwater video camera to assess how [...] -
Creature of the Month: Dragonet, Callionymus lyra
One hundred and eighty-six species of the “Little Dragon” fish live from Iceland in the North to the Indo-Pacific oceans in the South. You will find the species we are concentrating on today, Callionymus lyra, from Norway to Senegal: in the Eastern Atlantic and the North, Irish, Mediterranean, Black, Baltic, Aegean and other [...] -
Belize barrier reef in Danger
UNESCO has added the Belize Barrier Reef to its list of world heritage sites in danger. The reef was added as a world heritage site in 1996 as the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, with offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons and estuaries. The main problem with Belize Barrier [...] -
Snorkeller killed by shark at St Johns, Egypt
A female French tourist was attacked and killed by a shark while snorkelling at the Saint John’s reefs in the Red Sea. The first fatal shark attack in Egypt for five years. The woman’s leg showed visible bite marks, and medics said she probably bled to death before being lifted to the surface. The shark was an [...] -
SCUBA Travel release last quarter’s bestseller list
SCUBA Travel have just released their list of best selling diving books and DVDs of the last quarter. Yet again the Dive Atlas of the World keeps its top spot. The previous quarter’s position is shown in brackets. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson300 pages detailing [...] -
Underwater photography competition: enter now
2009 is the 31st year of the International Festival of Underwater Photography, Films and Children’s Artwork. The festival is open to both amateurs and professionals. You may enter by uploading photographs at http://www.paftachov.cz/en/www/. The deadline for accepting the works April 22nd 2009. The photographic categories include: wide-angle image without a diver; wide-angle image with [...]
