Upon first catching sight of Karen Talbot's work, you're forced to do a double take. Surely there's no way someone was able to sit down and replicate a creature so precisely, not only capturing every physical attribute of her subjects, but seemingly bringing them...
Exciting news comes to us today from the Monterey Bay Aquarium in the form of a Cephalopod! The broad club cuttlefish (Sepia latimatus) is a porky little fella', roughly the size of a football with an attitude to match. Latimatus is one of the largest cuttlefish...
This post is for all of you people out there who won't shut up about scuba diving. Happened upon this beautiful piece from Buzzfeed today, and given the seriously stupendous bum steer we have going on here, I was compelled to share. Not all of it is poppycock,...
ORA announced earlier today that they discovered a mysterious hybrid at their hatchery while sorting through a tank of several hundred Black Polymnus juvenile clowns. Three deep chocolatey-hued fish were pulled from the group, all wearing thinner, sleeker stripes than...
I'm sure you've all heard the news by now - an ominous cloud hovers over our beloved industry in light of Petco coming forward to purchase Doctors Foster and Smith. I woke up this morning and prayed it was merely a bad dream, but alas my hopes were crushed and reality...
Perhaps, according to Sir David Attenborough, though I've seem some pretty sexy anthias  (have you SEEN a Holanthias fuscipinnis?). But we're not talking aesthetics this time around, we're going strictly based on their romance game. At first glance, the unassuming...
And given my impending certification, this couldn't have happened at a better time, but more on that at a later date. The app is available to all iOS and Android users and has a wealth of really super duper cool features like a dive center locator, dive...
Man, and they all just stand there and watch? It was documented quite some time ago, but deemed too 'scandalous' for the times to be revealed by Antarctic scientist George Murray Levick. He was appalled by their debauchery - with one particular incident marring his...
Don't get too excited, I'm talking about gender here. A few months back I did a post discussing the benefits and detrimental elements of the social media presence within the hobby. Overall, when utilized properly, it can be an excellent tool as well as a means of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQb2FP1ewE#t=57 This just made my bucket list. Here's an absolute must watch video of PADI Diver Gulliver Page jumping from a helicopter in snorkel gear, plummeting into The Great Barrier Reef. Awaiting for him within the reef was his...