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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Tulamben shoreline with the wreck of the USAT Liberty shown in the foreground Home to one of the best-known scuba diving sites in Bali, Tulamben originated as a small fishing village located on ...

In the space of a single year between June 2023 and June 2024, there were six liveaboard fires – two of which resulted in tragedy, with the loss of three British and one German divers’ lives. These ...

Whale shark (top), oceanic whitetip (bottom left) and scalloped hammerhead (bottom right) all have a presence in the Egyptian Red Sea Whitetip reef sharks and grey reef sharks can be encountered at ...

The golden nurse shark was caught during a sport fishing competition in Costa Rica (Photo: ParisminaDomusDei/Facebook) A new study has documented the first recorded case of the rare pigmentation ...

Matty Smith's image of two Southern elephant seal pups has been crowned winner of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced that it is to implement protection for two of the country’s remote and northernmost isles – a pair of uninhabited atolls known as Bikar and Bokak.