SCUBA News
We all know that our oceans have become a dumping ground for rubbish and our coastlines are covered in plastic. It’s been all over the news, televised in programmes like Blue Planet, and even injected into most political speeches....
Diving hotspot Palau is the world's first country to ban sunscreen lotion containing environmentally harmful ingredients.
One of the most prestigious underwater photo competitions in the world, Ocean Art offers over £75000 of prizes to professional and amateur underwater photographers.
Sixteen categories ensure ...
Techniques for overcoming anxiety as a scuba diver. All divers, and especially new ones, can experience dive anxiety at times. Our tips help deal with anxious moments.
As Plumose anemones can clone themselves, forests of them appear together. They comprise a tall, smooth column topped with a crown of feathery tentacles. Individuals are usually white or orange. They like areas with currents so tend to live on prominent pieces of wrecks or on rocky pinnacles - good diving areas.
Venomous sea creatures often change their venom recipe, adapting the potency and recipe of their venom to suit changing predators and aquatic environments.
Seals use their whiskers to sense food by tracking the vortices left by potential prey, for example by fish swimming.
The authors of a soon-to-be-published paper have used observations of seals to build a 3-D printed sensor that can be...
With the New Year here, it’s time to get those resolutions underway. Traditionally a time to set personal goals, what better way to begin next year than by planning adventures, pledging to help others, and learning new...
A simple bottle of seawater shows the identifiable tracks of numerous species of shark - no need for baiting, hooking, filming or tagging.
The definitive cave diving book since its first issue in 1980, author Martynn Farr has brought The Darkness Beckons bang up-to-date. He covers the earliest origins of cave diving right up to discoveries made in 2015.
There are two types...