We asked, and our readers told us: These three locations earned top marks for their healthy marine life, something every diver wants when they splash down.
Conservation
Increased great white shark sightings in Florida highlight conservation success, with juvenile sharks thriving thanks to protections and research efforts.
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.
Recent Articles
Can sharks be kept at bay without harm? A scientist is testing an electromagnetic barrier off Cape Cod to find out.
Monterey, California, is home to insatiably curious and playful harbor seals. Here's what it's like when they're zipping around you while on a dive.
Off the coast of Miami, divers are gearing up for a lionfish derby, organized for the first time by Diver’s Paradise, to help protect Florida’s marine ecosystems.
Few divers would give up the chance to swim with the two largest fish in the sea—whale sharks and basking sharks. Here's where to make it happen.
One travel-weary diver finds respite on a weeklong liveaboard trip. On the agenda: snorkeling with humpback whales in Silver Bank, a protected breeding area.
After sea star wasting disease wiped out more than 90 percent of the ocean's wild sunflower sea star population, divers brave the cold Alaskan waters to find traces of the remaining population.
In this edition of “Ask a Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman discusses a challenging environment for marine life.