Los Angeles-based Reef Worlds, whose team includes film and television designers, dive-site developers, and marine biologists, are designing next generation sustainable reefs for tourism and the environment in a race to …
Just last week, after heavy rain washed pollutants into the ocean areas off Los Angeles, the Ocean Water Protection Program advised beach-goers to avoid getting into the water in southern …
It may surprise you that Costa Rican law permits cutting off the fins of sharks and exporting the fins overseas. The shark fin industry in Costa Rica took off from …
While it’s been a warmer, milder winter in California this year, that hasn’t made it easier on California’s sea lion population. In the past two months alone, nearly 900 sick and starving young …
It’s a fact – grouper like eating lionfish. In the Indo-Pacific where lionfish and grouper are both native, the grouper regularly dine on lionfish, helping to keep their populations in check. …
I stood on the “landing pad” at the Mendocino Headlands site, also known as Pipeline, catching Humboldt State University students as waves pushed them one at a time onto the …
In 2006, the 70-foot fishing vessel Infidel sank in 150 feet of water off Catalina Island, taking with it it’s huge, 9,000 pound net which has since draped itself over …
Scuba divers, sailers, boaters, and other water enthusiasts are being encouraged to take part in a unique global study, using a Secchi disk along with a new mobile phone app. The public …
If you’re considering a shore dive along the coast of Orange County, you might want to wait a day or two. Due to runoff from the recent rains, the Ocean Water …
When you’re a crab, you know that if you see an octopus underwater you better start running. But being out of the water is safe territory, right? Apparently not. This crab …