An Underwater Starbucks

Fish are a lot like people.  We’ve already talked about the Jersey Shore fish behavior, and here we have an interesting study showing that larger fish, like this sweetlips, clearly like the vertical protection and many exit options of this shelf, which is...

The Meaning of Muck

There a tons of hobbyists who have never been scubadiving, reef aquariums are a wonderful way of experiencing the world of the reefs without leaving your living room.  Invariably, new hobbyists are confronted with the term “muck diving”, which is a common...

Get Away From It All

Are you down?  Feeling blue?  Want a change from the weather?  The only cure for that is a sailing trip around the South Pacific.  Seriously, don’t write it off as impossible.  Right now, the conservation organization OceansWatch is looking for volunteers to...

Aquarium of the Pacific Unveils New Technology

Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is really pushing technology into every area of their organization.  In order the leverage the tremendous cost and associated value that the aquarium provides as a learning tool, they’ve begun to offer videoconferencing to...

PNG’s Eastern Fields – In Pictures

Papua New Guinea is regarded as one of the most remote countries, with good reason.  It takes most Americans or Europeans two flights to even reach the country and typically another flight to get up to Western Papua where most of the popular diving is these...