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Boondoggle: Mishap Mars Great White Shark Tagging Effort Off San Francisco; 'Still Alive And Well'

Aussies Order Safety Probe After Monster Croc 'Fat Albert' Attacks Tourist Boat; 'It Was A Bit Frightening'

Bangladesh Defends Beaching Method For Ship Breaking; Marine Pollution 'Not Going Everywhere'

Ghostly Hong Kong Seas Warn Of Looming Global Tragedy; 'It's A Scary Panorama'

International tourism operators against elimination of Las Baulas National Park in Costa Rica

10 international tourism agencies that promote Costa Rica as an ecotourism destination have expressed their discontent with bill 17.383, supported by the country's president, to downgrade Las Baulas Marine National Park to a Mixed Wildlife Refuge and allow development therein....

Maldives hosts 350-minute dive in support of the International Day of Climate Action

A historic 350-minute dive took place at the dive centre of

Sport Diver's Eric Michael promoted to editor; 'I am thrilled with the opportunity'

Eric Michael has been promoted to Editor of Sport Diver, the magazine announced today. Michael brings a long tradition of quality journalism to his new top post, along with a passion for diving. Promoted from Senior Editor, Michael will now...

Fight against lionfish could land it on menu; 'It's not a far-fetched idea'

Goliath grouper love nest yields valuable information

Glow-in-the-dark lantern shark turned on by hormones

Scientists are first to 'unlock' the mystery of creating cultured pearls from the queen conch; 'truly top-quality gems

For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful—until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to produce beaded (nucleated) and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen...