The Mary Rose Museum and the 11 visitor attractions under the umbrella of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) have joined forces in a bid to staunch financial losses incurred during the coronavirus-enforced closure of their home at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, which reopens to the public on 24 August. Read more...
A retro computer game based on the original arcade "shoot-'em-up" Space Invaders has been launched by the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) as part of its campaign for deep-sea mining to be put on hold. Read more...
A Mexican underwater photographer has made a series of surprising discoveries 14 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula - five freshwater cenotes lying beneath the Caribbean seabed. Read more...
A 29-year-old woman has sustained fractured ribs and internal bleeding after finding herself trapped between two humpback whales while snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef off Exmouth in Western Australia. Read more...
The death of a swimmer following an attack by a great white shark last week has been linked by a shark expert to the successful restoration of seal and consequently shark populations off the USA’s north-east coast. Read more...
Much has been made of the liberation of Greece’s underwater heritage after decades of restriction by the archaeological authorities, but they are taking few chances as the ancient Peristera shipwreck is opened to recreational scuba divers on Monday (3 August). Read more...
Some of us are morning people and others not, and it seems the same is true of cetaceans. A new British-led study has found that, while some of the thousands of sperm whales in the Mediterranean are active around the clock, others start their day in a laid-back way – and the researchers think they know why. Read more...
A boost for the English Channel coast has come with news that the National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded a £528,600 grant to Sussex Wildlife Trust for its Wild Coast Sussex Project. Read more...
Six technical divers from the volunteer group Ghost Diving have succeeded in removing abandoned fishing-gear that had covered the WW2 submarine wreck HMS Perseus. Read more...
Sharks have become too rare on many of the world’s coral reefs to fulfil their normal role in the ecosystem. So say scientists behind Global FinPrint, described as the world’s largest reef shark and ray survey, concluding that the sharks have been rendered “functionally extinct”. Read more...
