French marine archaeologists have discovered a submerged stone wall more than 7,000 years old on the seabed off western France, in what is thought to be the largest prehistoric underwater construction ...

Most Maldives resorts are on small uninhabited islands and can range from the most opulent luxury to more simple barefoot beach villas. We have also included three options of staying in local ...

Think you know Clownfish? Test your knowledge of their surprising behaviour, biology, and reef life in this quiz.

Pitcairn grey reef sharks were monitored by Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems – ‘BRUVS’ (Photo: Blue Belt Programme) Henderson Island and Ducie Atoll, part of the Pitcairn Islands, have been ...

In the same week an Egyptian liveaboard sank with the loss of one crew member, a tourist day-boat has been engulfed by flames near Hurghada. The boat, Marina Dolphin, was carrying 30 passengers at the ...

Following on from her excellent and similarly weighty 2019 tome 100 Dives of a Lifetime, National Geographic writer Carrie Miller and her photographer husband, Chris Taylor, spent 14 months in 35 ...

Two Russian divers have died after being swept away by strong currents while diving near Verde Island out of Batangas, in the Philippines. Local media reports one of the divers had an arm severed ...

An image of two Southern elephant seal pups photographed in a rockpool on the Falkland Islands has been crowned winner of Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026. Australian photographer Matty ...

One boat has been sunk and a second damaged by a pod of orcas (killer whales) off the coast of Portugal. The sunken vessel, named Oceanview, which belongs to the Nautic Squad, a sailing based in ...

Garmin has announced the launch of its new Descent S1 Buoy, which uses Garmin’s SubWave sonar networking technology to keep scuba diving teams in contact with their surface support – and each other – ...

Researchers from the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre have captured what appears to be the first confirmed footage of a shark in Antarctic waters. The sighting was made at a depth of ...

A unique underwater scenario of sunken benches, footpaths and a visibility of 50m had made the lake popular with divers and swimmers. But the Tragöß-Grüner See tourism office announced the closure of ...