The wreck of the German armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron during World War One, has been discovered in the South Atlantic by British underwater archaeologist Mensun Bound. The discovery has provided new evidence for how the Royal Navy won 1914’s Battle of the Falkland Islands so decisively. Read more...
A side-contest of the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition involves the public voting online in the Lumix People’s Choice Award – and the voting has just opened (4 December). Read more...
Broadcasting the sounds of healthy coral reefs in dying ones – that’s the surprising new approach to restoring reefs that’s been proposed following trials by an international team of marine biologists. Read more...
The long-term success of clownfish depends more on living in a good neighbourhood than it does on having good genes. That’s the conclusion of an international team of marine biologists following a 10-year study carried out by scuba diving on a coral reef in Papua New Guinea. Read more...
Conservationists have expressed their shock as proposals to protect endangered North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks were overturned by the USA and EU at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Palma, on 25 November. Read more...
Packing for your Christmas break? This 35 x 78 x 35cm dive holdall features a U-shaped YKK zipped main opening, wrap-around carry straps and telescopic pull handle. Read more...
Blue whales’ hearts are working at their limit - which might explain why the species never evolved to be even bigger than it is today. They also beat much faster than expected at the surface, and considerably slower while feeding at depth. Read more...
Divers interested in computer technology related to the surveying and recording of wrecks might want to book a place at the 5th Bournemouth University Maritime Archaeology Conference, which takes place on Saturday, 21 March next year. Read more...
The California dive-boat Conception, on which 34 people died in a fire on 2 September, had been exempted from US Coast Guard safety regulations on escape routes because of “grandfather rights”, it has emerged. Read more...
US diving-equipment manufacturer Atomic Aquatics is recalling for free replacement all its low-pressure hoses produced between July 2017 and February 2019. Read more...
