Jill Studholme
Edits SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011), the monthly newsletter with articles on diving and marine science. She tweets as @SCUBANews. A scuba diver with a biology degree, Jill has an special intererest in marine biology, coral reef conservation and the underwater environment.
Dugong – the Lady of the Sea
Dugongs - where can you dive with them and why aren't there more of them? Said to have inspired tales of mermaids, they can eat as much as 40 kg (88 lb) of seagrass a day, leaving distinctive troughs.
Whale sharks grow new fins
Whale sharks are ncreasimgly suffering lacerations and abrasions through collisions with boats, but can heal in a matter of weeks. Plus, they can even re-grow amputated fins, the first time observed in sharks.
How to judge whether shark cage diving helps or harms wildlife
Wildlife tourism including white shark cage-diving is growing in popularity, but these industries remain highly contentious amongst divers, conservationists and scientists alike. New tool helps judge the impact.
Dolphins and humans have similar personality traits
Researchers find dolphins to be far more similar to humans than previously thought.For those who have ever observed...
Nudging tourists helps the reefs – especially when the tourists are female
Nudging visiting divers towards environmentally friendly behaviour works
Fabulous Feather Stars
By day these beautiful animals keep curled up but on night-dives you see them in their
warm colours, with their feathery arms extended.
Loggerhead turtles lay eggs in several locations to help hatchlings survive
Although loggerhead turtles return to the same beach where they hatched to lay their eggs, a new study finds individual females lay...
Octopus steals camera and wins underwater photography competition
Best of Show is a once-in-a-life-time moment where a curious octopus took a selfie of itself with the photographer's family.
Christmas Island Red Crabs’ Mammoth Migration
Christmas Island red crab's mammoth migration. Over 40 million of them walk up to 14 km a day to the sea. When rains are late the crabs rush to seaside, if not then they linger for up to a week on the way to feed.
Silky sharks conservation effort working in Atlantic, but Indo-Pacific still a problem
99.8% of shark fins come from Indo-Pacific: conservation efforts in Atlantic Ocean are working