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DAN Announces Ocean Views 2012 Winners

Joseph Tepper | May 16, 2012 7:22 PM

Today, DAN and Alert Diver announced the winners of its annual Ocean Views photography competition —and we are very proud to say many of the winners are DPG members. The overall prize went to photog Deano Cook, who captured a split shot of a lemon shark framed against a dramatic sunset. Says Cook, “His eye above the surface stares back at me, as if to show me he's watching,...

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Elephant Seals: “Unprecedented” Research Captures Their Journey

Ocean NEWS

Angela Messina | May 16, 2012 10:18 AM

Scientists and graduate students from the University of California Santa Cruz have completed an exhaustive study of the elephant seal by tracking 300 individuals. The study was published on May 15th in the journal PLoS ONE . Researchers tagged elephant seals in order to track them as they... continue

Navy's Sonar Impact on the Rise

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Angela Messina | May 16, 2012 9:52 AM

The Navy’s new draft environmental impact statement dramatically raises the estimate of the amount of times that whales, dolphins, and marine animals could be impacted by sonar testing. They estimate that sonar testing could impact marine animals up to 2.8 million times a year from 2014... continue

Backscatter Unveils New GoPro Accessories

Video NEWS

Joseph Tepper | May 16, 2012 2:36 AM

With the announcement of GoPro’s branded flat-port housing, our friends at Backscatter have passed along their development of a “Flip-Up Color Correction Filter” for the dive housing. This custom flip-up color correction filter features a unique mount that allows users to... continue

Illinois Moves to Ban Shark Fins

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Joseph Tepper | May 15, 2012 6:04 PM

All that’s standing in the way between making Illinois the latest US state to ban shark fins is a signature by Governor Pat Quinn. Today, the Illinois Legislature passed a resolution that would make the possession or distribution of fins in the state illegal. Illinois is set to... continue

Fatal (Magnetic) Attraction- Scientist Uses Metals to Improve Human-Shark Interaction

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Joseph Tepper | May 15, 2012 5:11 PM

We all know the odds of getting bitten by a shark—you’d have better luck being struck by lightning twice while holding a winning $200 million lottery ticket. But an American scientist is developing a system that would reduce the odds even further and help prevent sharks in... continue

Adobe to Fix “Critical” Security Bug in Photoshop

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Joseph Tepper | May 15, 2012 4:55 PM

Yesterday, Adobe announced that it would voluntarily fix the security issues with Photoshop and all CS5.x packages—this coming after it upset customers by initially saying the only fix was to purchase an upgrade. The company learned of the “critical” security issue last... continue

Nikon D800 Wins Prestigious Camera Award

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Joseph Tepper | May 15, 2012 4:48 PM

Just in case you needed any more reason to get your hands on the the Nikon D800, the company’s newest full-frame DSLR, the camera has just been awarded the prestigious Camera Grand Prix 2012 title, along with being voted by the public as the “best camera.” Established in... continue

Sea Shepherd Captain Arrested!

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Joseph Tepper | May 14, 2012 3:34 PM

Sea Shepherd’s wily captain Paul Watson was arrested at the Frankfurt airport yesterday. Watson, the founder of the marine activist group, was arrested on a Costa Rican warrant dating back to a 2002 incident in their waters. A new Coasta Rican prosecutor has charged Watson with... continue