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In Living Color: Diving the Philippines Visayas Islands

From encountering whale sharks and thresher sharks to muck diving with a rainbow of macro critters, there's plenty to check off your bucket list diving the Visaya Islands in the Philippines.

Islands Born of Fire: One Week Diving Aboard Palau’s Black Pearl Liveaboard

Join writer and illustrator Francesca Page on a dive trip to Palau, the remote Pacific archipelago renowned for world-class scuba diving. From teeming coral reefs to epic drift dives and iconic marine life, find out what makes Palau diving an experience like no other.


 

The Fight Against Illegal Manta Ray Trade
A lack of regulations makes it shockingly easy for manta and devil rays to fall prey to the demands of a global trade market. Here's what's being done to put a stop to it.
Saving the Sharks With Art

Sharks may be fierce predators, but they're also among the most misunderstood animals, often portrayed as mindless killers. This project aims to dispel that myth through art and education.

Conserving the European Lobster

Since 2000, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow, Cornwall, has championed the European lobster by crafting creative ways to collaborate with locals to implement conservation efforts.

Saving Indonesia's Endangered Sharks

Scalloped hammerhead sharks and wedgefish are facing extinction, partly due to being caught and sold for their fins. This program gives local fishermen incentive to set those species free.