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Marine Life

Flamboyant when roused

The flamboyant cuttlefish is usually brown-grey but its sudden vivid colour displays are thought to be a warning to predators DAVID & DEBI HENSHAW recently encountered a devoted pair of cuttlefish that said it all with colour more...

Have we got Rhinopias for you!

A selection of PNG Rhinopias John Bantin strikes it lucky with some unusual fish in Papua New Guinea more...

Sluggers United

Risbecia tryoni Want to discover a sea creature new to science? It might be easier than you think. At risk of becoming a nudibranch nerd, Steve Weinman enlists help to avoid an identity crisis more...

Manta tornado

Manta rays feed in groups of as many as 200 in Baa Atoll in the Maldives - but will this phenomenal attraction be managed in the right way? 'I was in the middle of a tornado, a tornado of 200 mantas, feeding in an endless spiral,'
says Michael Aw. Oh, and there was a whale shark present, too. Hanifaru in the Maldives is the astonishing manta capital of the world, but will it get the protection it deserves? more...

Crocodile attack!

This saltwater crocodile had threatened another diver at the same site four months earlier It happened last summer in remotest Indonesia when a 4m-plus reptile grabbed David Shem-Tov with intent to harm. Few divers have been attacked before - read exclusively in DIVER how he survived more...

Close encounters with super suckers

A giant Pacific octopus gathers up its arms just before pumping a powerful jet of water from its funnel to start swimming. The extraordinary giant Pacific octopus exhibits an amazing repertoire of behaviours, many of which defy simple explanations. In this extract from their new book Super Suckers, US divers James A Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel share their personal experiences, and those of a number of other divers more...

Marine Life, General

Trigger happy

A diver enjoys a close encounter with a grey triggerfish More and more exotic species are being spotted around the British Isles, and this includes the strange-looking grey triggerfish. Stuart Philpott knows just where to find them more...

Kingdom of the Seahorse

The long-snouted seahorse can grow to an impressive 35cm For seahorses, home usually seems to be wherever they can wrap their tails, but vast numbers of these very particular critters have chosen a barren Atlantic seabed as their abode. Stuart Philpott explains more...

Sharks

Dining out with the sacred cows

He's not a shark expert, hasn't studied shark behaviour and belongs to no shark conservation groups, though he was once hit by a shark that wasn't looking where it was going.
Good job HE Sawyer doesn't bear a grudge
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Sharkoholic!

The tiger shark may appear fearsome up close but its looks are at odds with its personality Hello, my name is Magnus. I have been a sharkoholic for almost 15 years. I have not been diving with sharks since I was in the Bahamas 89 days and 14 hours ago. I have lied to family and friends, and claimed I was in the water with gobies, angelfish and even nudibranchs. The truth is, I was diving with sharks..." Magnus Lundgren enjoys a little tiger time more...

UK Files

THE STARFISH FILE

The clean eating machine that refuses to say die - Paul Naylor reports more...

THE JOHN DORY FILE

Never seen a John Dory? You have to catch it sideways on, says Paul Naylor more...

Whales & Dolphins

I got the blues for you

Heads and tails - a rare underwater sighting of a pygmy blue whale, in the clear waters off Sri Lanka It might be referred to as a 'pygmy' but at up to 25m long it's one of the most awe-inspiring sights in the sea - Andrew Sutton gets up close to blue whales as well as sperm whales on an unusual Indian Ocean trip
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The White Whales

Two words spring to mind when you see belugas - 'enigmatic' and 'spooky', says Gavin Parsons, who has swum with Hidden Bay's wild whales more...