Giant cuttlefish show up in force
More giant Australian cuttlefish have returned to their breeding ground this year than have been seen since the last century. Read more...
Caymans divers do have their uses
Scuba divers in the Cayman Islands, who had until recently felt they were being sidelined in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, have now been asked to help combat another disease - in corals. Read more...
DeeperBlue in your ear
The DeeperBlue Podcast, which is launched today (23 June), is a weekly half-hour audio guide on freediving and scuba-diving issues as well as ocean advocacy. Read more...
Son follows father on deepest dive
Fifty-two-year-old American Kelly Walsh has undertaken a 10.925km-deep submersible dive in the Western Pool of Challenger Deep - the location famously first visited by his father Captain Don Walsh in the bathyscaphe Trieste 60 years before. Read more...
Italian divers find 16th-century wreck
The wreck of the Santo Spirito & Santa Maria di Loreto, one of the biggest Italian merchant vessels of the 16th century, is believed to have been located by two scuba divers at a depth of 50m off the north Italian coast near Genoa. Read more...
Out with whales? Ask about decibels
Human interaction with whales in most parts of the world is limited to snorkelling or simply watching from a boat-deck to avoid undue disturbance of the mammals, though many scuba divers build one or other activity into their diving holidays. Read more...
Why big veggies rule the reefs
Large herbivores are the future of reef-fish, according to new scientific research in Australia. What is described as a breakthrough study has revealed that it’s the diets of different fish species that dictate how fast each one evolves. Read more...
JULY issue of DIVER Magazine out now!
TO ENSURE prompt delivery of DIVER Magazine during the current period of coronavirus disruption a special FREE digital version of the JULY issue has been produced to replace the normal paper copy - with no reduction to subscribers' overall paper-copy entitlement. Read more...
When divers need a bigger knife
Video has appeared online of an attempt by a diving instructor in the Gulf of Thailand to free a whale shark from a long trailing rope knotted around its tail. Read more...
Underwater Internet a step closer
Can’t even wait to get back to the surface to share your latest underwater photos or videos? Scientists in Saudi Arabia believe they have found a way to provide scuba divers with a sub-aquatic Internet service. Read more...