In honour of next week’s World Manta Day (17 September), the Manta Trust is offering supporters the chance to win a 10-day dive or snorkel liveaboard trip to the Maldives. All that’s needed to enter ...

Welcome to the Weird Underwater Wildlife Quiz! Test your dive knowledge with these strange-but-true (and a few sneaky false) facts from beneath the waves. True or False – let’s dive in!

Jon Birger Karlsen was a commercial diver in Norway (Photo: New South Wales District Court) A Norwegian commerical diver has been sentenced to nine years and 11 months’ imprisonment for attempting to ...

The golden nurse shark was caught during a sport fishing competition in Costa Rica (Photo: ParisminaDomusDei/Facebook) A new study has documented the first recorded case of the rare pigmentation ...

Swimmers encountering a wild bottlenose dolphin in waters off the south coast of England, believing it to be ‘friendly’, have been warned to keep away from the animal if approached. ‘Reggie the ...

A 14-year-old boy has had to have his hand amputated after a scuba tank exploded at Ploče Beach in Budva, Montenegro. The boy, who was hit in the wrist by flying shrapnel from the tank, has been ...

James Ferrera’s striking shot of an open-mouthed leopard seal has been voted as the winner of the Underwater Awards Australasia 2025 by the competition’s organisers, DivePhotoGuide (DPG), UW Images, ...

World Manta Day 2025 is all about elevating protections for mantas and devil rays (Photo: Jasmine Corbett/Manta Trust) World Manta Day returns on 17 September 2025, and the Manta Trust is marking the ...

A 63-year-old American tourist has been ‘severely injured’ by a shark while spearfishing in The Bahamas, according to local news reports. The incident is took place at around 1 pm on Sunday, 17 August ...

Hey, I’m Jas. I’m a conservation filmmaker and photographer, marine scientist, and dive instructor with a lifelong obsession with the ocean. Over the past decade, I’ve worked across South and ...