Free Divers Left Screaming After Sudden Close Encounter with Hungry Whale in the Open Ocean

A free diving instructor enjoying the open water of the Pacific Ocean near Mexico had her peace interrupted by a ...

Tanzania's First Female Divemaster Is Changing Who Belongs Beneath Africa's Waves

Nancy Iraba was a marine scientist who couldn't swim. Now she's dedicated her life to helping other Africans learn how to ...
The Providence Journal

For her birthday, Rhode Islander 12-year-old became youngest master scuba diver in NE

When 12-year-old Mia DaPonte of East Greenwich dove to the ocean floor at the Blue Angel Dive Resort in Cozumel, Mexico, she had to fight to get back to the surface. With all eyes on the young scuba ...
7News Miami

‘Jr Scientists In The Sea’ gives South Florida kids an opportunity to learn how to scuba dive and protect the ocean

(WSVN) - Would you like to learn to scuba dive and help save the ocean? A free program is turning divers into coral crusaders. 7’s Heather Walker shows us how in this 7Spotlight. On the surface, it ...
Mongabay

Deep-diving manta rays use the ocean’s midnight zone to build mental maps, study suggests

Oceanic manta rays dive to record depths of 1,250 meters (4,100 feet), according to a first-of-its-kind study to examine in detail the extreme deep-diving behavior of these rays. Researchers tracked ...
WBAL-TV

Retiring volunteer scuba diver hopes to inspire other after 42 years at National Aquarium

THIS IS A ROUTINE DOCTOR CARL PERKINS KNOWS. LIKE THE BACK OF HIS HAND, ADJUSTING HIS OXYGEN TANK, PUTTING ON HIS FINS AND STRAPPING UP HIS GOGGLES SO HE CAN DIVE DEEP INTO AN AQUARIUM TANK. I ...