The winners of the Beneath The Sea 2010 International Imaging Competition, one of the major competitions for underwater photography, have been announced
Hanifaru Bay in the Maldives has been quietly becoming a hot spot for underwater photographers over the last year or so. Thomas Peschak recently shot an assignment for National Geographic on the...
Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup
The first of our DPG underwater photography & video expeditions for 2009 was to the Revillagigedos Archipelago, more commonly called Socorro, known for its large resident groups of friendly giant...
Keri Wilk reports on his trip to Komodo with Archipelago Fleet, a prize he won for taking 2nd place in the Macro Traditional category at Our World Underwater 2008
We are excited to announce a very special trip for 2009 to the Revillagigedos Archipelago, more commonly called Socorro. These islands have been compared to the Galapagos and Cocos because of the...
Borneo dive legend Ron Holland has joined forces with Jeremy Stein, the founder of Rainbow Divers in Vietnam, and reopened this exclusive Dive Lodge off the East coast of Borneo
Andrea & Antonella Ferrari announce their new book. It's out at last - the much-awaited "A Diver's Guide To The Art of Underwater Photography" is now available worldwide
DivePhotoGuide Does The Galapagos In Style. There are only a few spots left to join Jason & Wendy Heller as we seek underwater photo opportunities with whale sharks, sea lions, schooling...
Reef fish and other marine species can breathe easier with the introduction of a fishing ban around Apo Reef, the largest coral reef in the Philippines and the second largest contiguous reef in the...
Conservationists are urging the Australian government to protect the Coral Sea, one of its last tropical marine wildernesses.
The sea was recently declared a "predator diversity...
An unusual sighting occurred on the coast this week when three large manta rays were spotted about eight miles off Dana Point.
Brian Woolley, captain of the Sum Fun boat out of Dana Wharf...
In this issue...Soccoro Island a.k.a. islas Revillagigedos;
Wolfgang dances with Tiger - free diving with Tiger sharks;
Manta Ray Ecology;
Great White Shark diving - with no cages;
Science of...
A baby giant manta ray -- claimed to be the first in the world to be born in captivity -- died at a Japanese aquarium Thursday after being abused by its father, its Japanese keepers said.
The...
You might say she's a little ray of hope.
On Saturday, officials at a Japanese aquarium announced the birth of this not-so-small bundle of joy: a giant manta ray, said to be the first ever born...
Situated in a small archipelago just Southeast of Sulawesi, a large Amoeba shaped island in the center of Indonesia, Wakatobi is truly a slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere
Aussie scientist are doing something about the fact that we don't know much about the biology of manta rays ... we just know how amazing they are.
Manta rays are hard to miss - big, black and...
We continue our coverage of the 2007 Beneath the Sea show in New Jersey. This is the largest consumer dive show in the US and therefore, it draws a lot of industry folk.
In a surprising move, the Mexican government has recently published sweeping new regulations and protections for sharks, including a shark finning ban, an extension of the moratorium on new...
Learn from the most respected photographers in the world during Manta Ray Bay's Manta Fest in Yap, Micronesia. Best of all, there is no additional cost for these valuable photo seminars. October...
The Kona Classic is a week long video/photo festival hosted here on the Kona Coast of the "Big Island" of Hawaii. This is the sixth annual event and the dates are May 5-12, 2007. The dive package...
Walt's nephew Roy Disney gives an introduction to the series as a whole and this volume in particular. Roy started out his career as an assistant film editor on the True Life Adventure...
As we reported earlier this year, Manta Point, off the coast of Tanzania, was one of several areas frequented by manta rays. Since the local fishermen have been illegally using dynamite to fish,...
About 40km off the coast of Kalimantan and south of Sipadan lies the islands of Sangalaki, Derawan, Kakaban, Maratua, Nabucco and Sanama. These islands have plenty to offer - manta rays, pelagics,...
Ocean Presence Technologies (OPT) offers a family of continuous underwater video monitoring systems that can be controlled over the Internet. Developed for manta ray research for The Manta Network,...
Nine manta rays were recently spotted for the first time in 20 years gliding through Basura, the internationally-renowned dive site in the Philippines.
"We were observing a group of seahorses...
MABUL: Size matters. But bigger isn't necessarily better.
I'm talking (of course) about fish. And I have seen some very big fish indeed, from manta rays all languid and large to groupers the...
Manta Point, off the coast of Tanzania, was one of several areas frequented by manta rays. Since the local fishermen have been illegally using dynamite to fish, the mantas have been killed, eaten...
Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and Texas coasts....
Mike Veitch, Tim Rock, and Chris Bangs are presenting two Digital Underwater Photo Workshops in 2006. From July 12-19 at the Manta Ray Bay Hotel in Yap, home of the Manta Rays and from October...
Marine scientists sailing the central Pacific to study its remote coral reefs have reached an underwater Eden even more pristine than they had hoped for, according to e-mail dispatches they sent...
Koie was in trouble. The female manta ray, a regular visitor along the Kona Coast, showed up in July with fishing line wrapped tightly around her right wing. Divers from several local tour...
The Manta Network, an organization and website dedicated to generating awareness of and protecting the world's Manta Rays, released the winners of their first annual international Manta Photo and...
Here is a great way for both amateurs and professionals to share photography and videography that captures those special moments spent underwater with the majestic manta rays. Winners will receive...
August 24, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11th Annual San Diego UnderSea Film Exhibition
Friday and Saturday evenings, September 17 and 18th, 2010 7:00 pm
The judges’ results are...
Here is a great way for both amateurs and professionals to share photography and videography that captures those special moments spent underwater with the majestic manta rays. Winners will receive...
