NYUPS is proud to present “20,000 Bytes Under The Sea”, a special presentation by legendary National Geographic photographer and IMAX filmmaker, Emory Kristof
A federal panel has protected 23,000 square miles of deepwater corals, believed to be the world's largest such ecosystem, off the coast of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
Italian researchers said on Thursday they had found one of the largest forests of rare black coral in the world off southern Italy and a related coral species never before studied in its natural...
Scientists have discovered three new coral species - and one that was thought to be extinct - in an extensive survey of reefs around the Galapagos Islands
Mike Bartick returns home to California after an excursion to the Philippines. His home coming is very rewarding with many nudibranchs to be found in the 7th installment of his "Going...
With over 200 ocean-related film entries from around the world, BLUE Ocean Film Festival awarded its Best of Festival award to The Cove, produced by Oceanic Preservation Society
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have discovered a family of green
fluorescent proteins
A team of scientists from Oregon State University and the NOAA has documented the presence of endangered North Atlantic right whales in an area they were thought to be extinct
The oldest seahorse fossils discovered to date have been uncovered in pictures. National Geographic has the images on their website. The story behind how these fossils were discovered makes the...
We are very pleased to announce that the video work from our very own Rick Morris will be featured in National Geographic Channel's Earth Day special "Earth Report, State of The Planet 2009"
The BLUE Ocean Film Festival is a global film festival and conservation summit for underwater filmmakers and marine researchers. The event will be held June 11-14th in Savannah, Georgia.
WCS researchers have discovered a stronghold for one of the world’s rarest freshwater dolphins, the Irrawaddy, deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh. The scientists counted nearly 6,000 of...
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, the Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) found vast scatters of coral reefs along the coastal belt of Balochistan
A team of international researchers have discovered the existence of an ocean floor was destroyed 50 to 20 million years ago, proving that New Caledonia and New Zealand are geographically connected
Jonathan Bird Productions is pleased to announce that its latest film, Secrets of the Reef, will be shown at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, March...
the first expedition using state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicles to survey, map and identify large areas of the ocean bottom, researchers discovered three previously unknown Lophelia...
What began as an homage to achievement in the field of coral reef geology has evolved into the discovery of an unexpected link between corals of the Pacific and Atlantic.
For the first time ever, marine biologists have tracked the control of red tides to a virulent parasite with a gruesome lifestyle not entirely unlike those in the movie "Aliens."
DPG spent Friday evening at the 2008 DEMA Awards dinner. This year was especially significant as many underwater photographers & cinematographers were honored, including Marty Snyderman who...
Researchers believe that fish have an innate "metronome" which helps them remain on a beat and could be used to let them know where they are and also swim in a co-ordinated fashion.
With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years
With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have
Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast...
Rough seas on the Monterey Bay on Wednesday coughed up what few, even the most dedicated of marine researchers, have ever seen -- the fabled giant squid
Scientists have discovered their first icequake, if you will - a movement of a huge stream of ice in Antarctica that creates seismic waves, just like an earthquake, and can be felt hundreds of...
Seafloor bacteria on ocean-bottom rocks are more abundant and diverse than previously thought, appearing to "feed" on the planet's oceanic crust, according to results of a study reported in this...
Promising deep-sea adventure and battles with the weather and political red tape, Tampa shipwreck exploration company Odyssey Marine has struck a deal for an 11-episode series with the Discovery...
Investigators searched for clues on Monday in the shooting deaths of six protected sea lions at a dam between Washington state and Oregon, while officials halted a controversial trapping program...
Scientists who conducted the most comprehensive survey to date of New Zealand's Antarctic waters were surprised by the size of some specimens found, including jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and...
Australian scientists announced the discovery of a new species of freshwater fish on Tuesday, two decades after it was sighted in a disused uranium mine in the outback Northern Territory
Sharks follow well-traveled "superhighways" among feeding hot spots, new research suggests. The discovery should allow scientists to create better conservation strategies for the fish
We lost one of the true pioneers in diving Ralph White. He was an innovator, very experienced and a leader. White combined his love for adventure and cinematography.
New Arctic sea floor data released today by the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that the foot of the continental slope off Alaska is...
Scientists on board RRS Discovery are at sea studying the Saharan dust that blows off the coast of Africa - triggering huge plankton blooms in the eastern Atlantic
Working aboard the Royal Research Ship Discovery, Dr. Nikki King was part of a team on the Benthic Crozet project, a research initiative investigating biodiversity off the Crozet Islands, a small...
The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica's most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences
This species was discovered by Shai Einbinder during a fish course that was taking place at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences of Eilat (IUI)
Based on thousands of remarkable underwater images, marine scientists have concluded that the world's largest shark is thriving in western Australia, thanks to well-managed ecotourism that appears...
A team of field scientists from the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) discovered two dugongs trapped in an abandoned drift Gillnet, close to Abu Al Abyad Island
Researchers fresh from an eight-week scientific drilling expedition off the Pacific coast of Japan today reported their discovery of strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region notorious...
Cambodia and the UN have launched a joint project aimed at saving endangered Irrawaddy dolphins from extinction, the international body's World Tourism Organization said Tuesday.
The Mekong...
Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can...
The Turks & Caicos Tourist Board has announced the winners of the "Third Annual Turks & Caicos Underwater Photographic Competition". The three Grand Prize winners - two of whom were women - share...
The oldest known fossils of jellyfish have been found in rocks in Utah that are more than 500 million years old, a new study reports.
The fossils are an unusual discovery because soft-bodied...
Fluorescent proteins found in nature have been employed in a variety of scientific research purposes, from markers for tracing molecules in biomedicine to probes for testing environmental quality....
A novel way of catching fish - stunning them with an electric current - has helped Northern Territory researchers rediscover a rare species.
The Lorentz's Grunter (Pingalla lorentzi) was found...
Turns out, the color of blood doesn't get much reaction from sharks. It's the scent that attracts them.
"These ideas are repeated over and over," said Stephen Kajiura, who began...
University of Utah mathematicians have arrived at a new understanding of how salt-saturated ocean water flows through sea ice -- a discovery that promises to improve forecasts of how global warming...
Working in west-central Alberta, the now defunct Cequel Energy Inc. company thrust a 7.5-centimetre-wide drill more than 1,300 metres into the ground. When the tube pulled up a sample of earth, it...
"We feel a deep sense of connection with the ocean and its reefs and with that connection comes responsibility. Although we have lost almost a quarter of the planet's reefs, those we see in this...
New Yorkers explore the depths of the sea in this stunning shuttle wrap execution. Photos: Chris Cassidy
I was intrigued when I learned of the new campaign from Westin Hotels to wrap the inside...
OCEANA has captured the first images of "Seco de Palos", a seamount 35 miles from the coast of Murcia in Spain
The discovery was made during the project Oceana is undertaking in...
Ever since Jaws debuted in 1975, Americans have been obsessed with sharks. And for the past 20 years, the Discovery Channel has been capitalizing on both our love and fear of the underwater...
In response to the programming content of this year's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, members of the International SHARK-L Discussion List have recently got together to write the following...
Members of the International SHARK - L Discussion List have recently got together to write the following letter to Discovery Network regarding Shark Week programming.
If you feel that you agree...
Australian tiger sharks keep a tidy lawn for their marine neighbors by controlling where local herbivores can nibble, according to a study published in the current issue of Animal Behavior.
The...
The Ionian and the Tyrrhenian seas mix their waters in correspondence with a very particular arm of sea, with unique characteristics in the whole Mediterranean sea: we are in the waters of the...
Bisecting the North Sulawesi mainland from nearby Lembeh Island, the Lembeh Strait is justifiably famous as one of the world's premier muck diving destinations. Legions of divers and underwater...
Fish use the threat of punishment to keep would-be jumpers in the mating queue firmly in line and the social order stable, a new study led by Australian marine scientists has found.
Their...
A possible predatory interaction between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna sp.) was observed during April 1991 near Punta Cormorant, Galupagos Islands. Three killer whales...
An international team of scientists will mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark discovery of the first volcanic hot vent at a special meeting and public event in the GalA??’A‚A?pagos Islands,...
Giant tortoises taste good. At least they did to pirates and whalers who had spent months at sea eating the same dry rations day in, day out. Soon after the discovery of the Galapagos Islands in...
Discovery of 20 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests this week has broken by 16 last year's record nestings by the endangered species on Texas beaches, scientists said Friday.
In 2006, the total of...
Scuba diver and French Creek Marina owner Wilburt C. Wahl, Jr. of Clayton, NY, is hunting a German submarine that sank in May of 1942 - not in the waters off France or England, but in the St....
Most cats do not like getting wet - as anyone who has tried to bathe a moggie will know.
But as these pictures show, there's always the exception to the rule. For the cat in question is a large...
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week, MGM Home Entertainment honors the primal predator with three never before released on DVD shark films, available July...
A new species of sea anemone has been found in the carcass of a whale that sunk to the ocean floor off the coast of Monterey, California, marking the first discovery of one of these filter-feeding...
Twenty-three of the birds suffered agonising deaths when they were caught in the massive net. They drowned in the trap, which was floating in Port Phillip Bay off Queenscliff.
Shocked wildlife...
Abu Dhabi yesterday launched a Dh11.5 billion eco-tourism project - Desert Islands - combining six nature reserves spread across eight islands, including Sir Bani Yas, Dalma and Discovery, an...
It's not the Loch Ness Monster or the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but a creature recently caught on tape by a Florida diver does have scientists scratching their heads.
Underwater...
Scientists have found one of the largest fields of seafloor vents gushing super-hot, mineral-rich fluids on a mid-ocean ridge that, until now, remained elusive to the ten-year hunt to find them....
There is no way to overstate the spectacularness of the photography in Discovery Channel's dazzling 11-hour nature documentary "Planet Earth."
The first three hours premiere tonight at...
After completing the nature documentary "The Blue Planet" - a $10 million, eight-part BBC series that took 20 camera teams five years to shoot, spawned an international concert tour based on its...
popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean.
The international science...
Just months after the discovery of a colorful new aquarium fish in Southeast Asia, worldwide demand and intense exportation are already causing concern about the survival of the species.
The...
I am inspired. Fred Buyle's images are pure eye candy. A master of available light, all photographs are taken sans strobe and on 'one breath' - no tank, no noise, pure freediving. Emma Farrell...
Cardiff University scientists will shortly set sail (March 5) to investigate a startling discovery in the depths of the Atlantic.
Scientists have discovered a large area thousands of square...
Scientists scanning the deep interior of Earth have found evidence of a vast water reservoir beneath eastern Asia that is at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
The discovery marks the first...
This rare sighting of a living frilled shark in such shallow waters was firstly reported to marine park scientists by a fisherman. The incredible video of the prehistoric shark was definitely very...
The recent discovery of a subglacial water system beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) is causing scientists to rethink the mechanisms that control the flow of ice streams into the Ross Ice...
Undersea 'hotspots', which spew super-hot, mineral-rich fluids out of the sea floor and play host to a variety of weird marine life, just got weirder: scientists have found one blowing out blue...
Fish have the reasoning capacity of a 4- or 5-year-old child when it comes to figuring out who among their peers is "top dog," new research shows.
Stanford University scientists made...
Neville Coleman (featured in DPG galleries) who has spent 50 years recording marine life in Australia and overseas is to be inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame.
Neville has...
Three sunken German U boats have been discovered by divers off Newquay in Cornwall. Historians believe the discovery of the badly damaged wartime vessels has uncovered a minefield operation which...
Structured as an extended metaphor comparing the sea with a symphony, the magnificent Silent Symphony comprises four chapters-or, to keep with the conceit-four "movements": Discovery, Fascination,...
The Gulf Stream - the ocean current that helps to bring warm weather to much of the North Atlantic region - was significantly weakened during the period known to historians as the Little Ice Age,...
Atmospheric scientists have reported a new and potentially important mechanism by which chemical emissions from ocean phytoplankton may influence the formation of clouds that reflect sunlight away...
THE discovery of a fossilised coral reef sitting high and dry at the southern tip of Western Australia has provided a warning that climate change is likely to cause a catastrophic melting of ice...
Atmospheric scientists have reported a new and potentially important mechanism by which chemical emissions from ocean phytoplankton may influence the formation of clouds that reflect sunlight away...
A fossil-hunting trip to celebrate a son's homecoming resulted in the recent discovery of an ancient sea monster in central Montana.
Believed to be approximately 70 million years old, its skull...
Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of back legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that...
The 8-year-old daughter of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, who was killed by a stingray, is to follow in her father's footsteps by starring in a new TV series, sparking a debate about...
Four captive-bred green sea turtles were scheduled for a first experience of the deep sea yesterday.
The 2-year-old animals were brought on board the NCL Pride of Hawai'i, which was scheduled to...
Hooded seals, bottlenose whales and a manatee have been spotted in the waters of the northeastern U.S., leaving marine biologists puzzled as to why they have strayed from their natural habitats....
Discovery of eight previously unknown, ancient animal species within "a new and unique underground ecosystem" in Israel was revealed today by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers...
As an undergraduate student in 1978, William F. (Bill) Precht first explored coral reefs at Discovery Bay Marine Lab in Jamaica. Now Precht, who is Ecological Sciences Program Manager for...
Last December, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers using advanced sonar techniques discovered new deepwater reef sites in the Straits of Florida...
A Chinese research team has discovered four fossils of a new species of fish dating back 400 million years which may provide clues to the evolution of fish.
Dr. Zhu Min, the leading...
In another age, a grand sea voyage might have ended in the discovery of an unknown island or even a whole continent. These days it ends in the discovery of litter...
Mexican marine biologist has discovered a new shark species in the murky depths of Mexico's Sea of Cortez, the first new shark find in the wildlife-rich inlet in 34 years...
The exciting discovery of new flora and fauna at the Foja Mountains in Indonesia recently has raised the possibility of similar finding in the Endau-Rompin National Park, bordering Johor and...
Amphibico is proud to introduce the new compact 10 Watt Discovery HID light.
A fully aluminum compact light which will mount on any Amphibico video housing to provide a clean and natural light...
THEY were up against professionals, recalls Janice Yu, grand prize winner of the First Time Mobile Filmmakers Award organized by Discovery Networks Asia and Nokia.
Yu's award-winning film...
Kicking off our list of the most viewed National Geographic News photos of the year is one whale of a discovery.
Egypt may not be the first place you'd look for whales, but once upon a time the...
Scientists aboard the Scripps research vessel Roger Revelle this week solved a 45-year-old geological mystery.
In 1960, Scripps oceanographer Dale Krause reported the discovery of extraordinary...
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, scientists will begin a nine-day expedition to explore one of Florida's most vital but least familiar marine resources -- the spectacular deepwater coral reefs of the Oculina...
The chance discovery of a vast ecosystem beneath the collapsed Larsen Ice Shelf will allow scientists to explore the uncharted life below Antarctica's floating ice shelves and further probe the...
Read first hand accounts of diving with sharks in the open ocean (out of the cage) and filming them for the movies Blue Water, White Death the Deep and more. In 1994 the Discovery Channel presented...
University of South Florida researchers made big news in January when they announced the discovery of the deepest coral reef in the United States.
On Friday, a team of scientists returned from...
NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY and DIVERS ALERT NETWORK (DAN) are proud to announce a new alliance to host the third annual OCEAN VIEWS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, open to all levels of photographers...
Everything You Need To Know About Underwater Photography DivePhotoGuide.com is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in learning about underwater photography. Underwater...
