I love diving the Big Island of Hawaii. It’s easy to get there from the west coast with direct flights from San Francisco and LA, relatively inexpensive, and has some …

Scuba divers and surface-supplied divers perform many important tasks in the underwater world. While recreational divers may specialize in exploring shipwrecks, underwater photography, dive training, or hunting and collecting, commercial …

Some of the most beautiful and dramatic photos I’ve seen of the underwater world only show half of it. They’re photos taken at the surface with half of the frame above …

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 …

Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy have donated $10 million to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The money will be used for the Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. Seafood Watch …

What is the worth of that exhilarating moment on a dive where you find yourself staring into the eye of a 500lb fish? Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are trying …

Last year, about 256,000 red abalone were legally taken by recreational divers on California’s north coast. Now, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is exploring new ways to manage …