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Oil has become synonymous with danger to marine life, destroying the insulating effects of fur and the water repellency of feathers. Animals attempting to...

Persistent temperature stress is degrading coral reefs worldwide, but a new study by Florida Institute of Technology scientists has found that corals in naturally...

There was a vital conservation win for a critically endangered species of shark this week at the 13th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of...

Diving island destinations are imposing new regulations on travellers entering their countries who have visited anywhere else with incidents in the last fortnight.

People eat a lot of fish. Different sex-changing fish can follow several signals that prompt them to change sex. Some change from female to male at a fixed size or age. Often, fisheries will only harvest fish over a certain size. This means catching more males because they are usually bigger, which then skews the population towards female. Not enough males are then available to fertilise all the eggs produced by the females.

More microbes are found on healthier Cuban reefs than on human-impacted Florida reefs. Microorganisms play important roles in the health and protection of coral...

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February is particularly good for shark loving scuba divers and is a month with dive highlights around the globe.

Following the recent lifting of government restrictions on UK flights to Sharm el Sheikh, easyJet will offer two flights a week to the Red...

Congratulations to all winners of the Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition 2019 - stunning underwater photos from around the world. Over $85,000 in prizes have been awarded to 85 professional and amateur photographers in categories from Coldwater to Blackwater.