The Underwater Science of Sound
If you’re a marine animal, odds are very good that you need sound. From whales to dolphins to shrimp, many marine species rely on…
Marine Life
The Marvel of Moon Jellies: Shapeshifting and Other Survival Strategies for Deep Exploration
Life is hard and the key to survival is learning how to deal with failures. Since man first started to use tools and build…
Sea Urchin Appreciation: In Praise of Mother Ocean’s Pincushions
Anyone who has experienced the business end of sea urchin spines is not likely to forget their misfortune anytime soon. For the unfamiliar, it…
Roaming the Sand Biome at Night: The Spanish Dancer, Anemone Hermit Crab and the Bristle Worm
Give divers the option of exploring a sandy bottom or a reef and the near unanimous choice will be a reef. In fact, both…
Get to Know Your Pinnipeds: All About Seals and Sea Lions
Swimming with seals or sea lions zipping around, tugging at your floaty wet suit zipper string, mouthing the tip of your fins, yanking your…
The Big Kahunas: Hawaii’s Sharks
Surfing. The Beach. Waikiki and Diamond Head. Rainbows, rain forests and waterfalls. Volcanoes. Coffee. Romance. The list goes on and on when people share…
Why Are Reef Fish so Colorful? The Science Behind the Beauty
Gil Rosenthal learned to scuba dive in college, and since then he’s never been able to stay out of the water. Like most divers,…
An Interesting Dive Buddy: The Green Sea Turtle
Alternately gliding rather quickly, and then creeping ever so slowly, the octopus made its way across the reef. Hoping to photograph this clever master…
The Reef Builders: Corals
As your diving career progresses you will undoubtedly experience a lot of firsts; the first time you breathe underwater, your first dive trip, encountering…
More Than a Mouthful: How Fishes Use Their Mouths
Better biology professors teach us not just to record what we see when we look at the world around us, but to think about…