Briefing

A group of leading shark conservationists are calling on the Maldives President to rescind his lifting of the country's shark fishing ban

Pygmy blue whales, Turks & Caicos Aggressor, underwater sound, 50 years of Jaws, Aqaba military museum, Big Shot winners

One Vietnamese scuba diver has died and a second has been treated for serious DCS after rapidly surfacing from a dive

The UN's BBNJ Agreement - aka High Seas Treaty - will be legally enforceable now that 60 countries have ratified the treaty

Indian star singer Zubeen Garg was swimming when he died in Singapore, not scuba diving, as early reports suggested.

A 96-year-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of a WWI-era steam-powered fishing trawler off Connecticut in 1929 has been solved

State of Emergency declared as oil is seen leaking from the deteriorating hull of a ship sunk in Chuuk Lagoon during WWII

A pod of orcas has reportedly rammed two boats off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal, sinking one and damaging another

The new Invisible Dive Case Pro from Insta360 brings top-level optical capabilities for scuba divers using the X5 360° camera underwater

Daniel Zaccheo's drive trip to Naxos, Greece, gave him an evocative connection to his Grandfather, a Bristol Beaufighter pilot during WWII

The Marine Conservation Society's Great British Beach Clean is almost here - find out where your nearest event is - or start your own!

Help save manta rays and get a chance to win a 10-day Maldives liveaboard trip to go and see them with a Manta Trust expert!

Check out some of the events being held by the Manta Trust to celebrate World Manta Day 2025 - and why better protection is so important

Ferrera's stunning picture of a leopard seal's mighty jaws wins Underwater Awards Australasia - check out all the category winners here

Scientists have found that sythesising the scent of a crown-of-thorns starfish may round them up for removal during reef-destroying outbreaks

Tech diving pioneer and award-winning journalist, Michael Menduno, is recovering in hospital after suffering a stroke

Two Taiwanese scuba divers have died after disappearing into a cave off the coast of Manza Beach in Okinawa, Japan

The Australian government is installing a bubble curtain, which will protect South Australia's giant cuttlefish from a toxic algal bloom