MV Galatea sank off Marie-Louise Island, Seychelles, on Friday (Photo: MV Galatea/Social media) Two Swiss divers and a local crew member are missing after the liveaboard Galatea sank off the remote ...

How much do you know about parrotfish? Test your knowledge of these colourful reef fish in this true-or-false quiz.

A diver works to remove silt from the remains of the newly discovered cog shipwreck (Photo: Viking Ship Museum) Maritime archaeologists from Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum have revealed the discovery of ...

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 ...

Sicklefin devil rays in the Azores will now be protected under CITES Appendix I (Photo: Leila Scheltema/Mant Trust) All ten species of manta and devil rays have been granted the highest level of ...

Oceanic whitetips have seen some of the most catastrophic population declines (Photo: Shawn Heinrichs) Oceanic whitetip sharks have been granted the highest level of protection under CITES after ...

A new study published in Science Advances has exposed a large-scale, persistent illegal trade in fins from some of the ocean’s most threatened sharks. Researchers found fins from species listed under ...

Think you know your sharks? From hammerheads to great whites, test your fin-tastic ID skills and see if you can tell who’s who beneath the waves.

A tourist boat and snorkellers on the Great Barrier Reef (Photo: Shutterstock) Cairns, Queensland-based tour operator Hostel Reef Trips has been fined AU$60,000 (£29,333) for safety failings following ...

One man has died and another remains in critical condition after suffering apparent decompression sickness (DCS) following a dive off the coast of Quang Tri, Vietnam. The two men, aged 45 and 54 years ...

Bright, bizarre and occasionally bottom-dwelling, nudibranchs are some of the ocean’s most eye-catching oddballs. But how much do you really know about these flamboyant sea slugs?

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 ...