Project Seahorse calls on all divers and marine enthusiasts to help with the recently launched three-year project aimed at studying the seahorses of Thailand. Seahorses were one of the first fish species to be added, in 2004, to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), [...]
2009 wurde in den Gewässern rund um Cancun, Isla Mujeres und Punta Nizuc, die ersten Schritte für die Errichtung eines monumentalen Unterwassermuseums eingeleitet. In the warm waters around Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc is an underwater sculptural museum built in 2009. Der britische Künstler Jason de Caires Taylor ist der Schöpfer des einzigartigen Skulpturenparks [...]
Three types of critically endangered but commercially valuable shark have been given added protection at the Cites meeting in Bangkok. The body, which regulates trade in flora and fauna, voted by a two-thirds majority to upgrade the sharks’ status. Campaigners hailed the move as historic and said the vote represented a major breakthrough for marine [...]
Oceanic whitetip sharks return home to protected Bahamas waters, surprising scientists. Previously thought to be wide-ranging animals, a tagging survey has revealed that the sharks frequently revisit the same areas around the island. Conservationists have listed the sharks as Vulnerable globally and Critically Endangered in parts of their range. Experts suggest that the island nation’s [...]
Researchers say that the natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system. Newcastle University scientists discovered by chance that urchins use the metal nickel to turn carbon dioxide into shell. They say the technique can be harnessed to turn emissions from power plants [...]
The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety, after it appeared they would strand themselves in shallow water. Environment officials in Western Australia caught the juvenile and took it to deeper water, where its distress calls enticed the rest to follow. One dolphin [...]
Shawn Heinrichs, conservationist, diver and cinematographer and Kristian Schmidt, photographer, recently got together for one of the most unique fashion shoots ever. Having heard about the fishermen’s relationships with whale sharks near Oslob in the The Philippines, they took some touching images and then decided to come back with a concept for a fashion shoot [...]
The Marine Department is spending 5.8 million baht on installing 300 moorings in coastal havens off Phuket in order to protect coral reefs. “We dropped 200 moorings in Chalong Bay on Saturday. They are available to use now, for free,” Phuket Marine Office chief Phuripat Theerakulpisut told the Phuket Gazette today. “We will drop another [...]
Researchers have discovered how very large whales co-ordinate their jaw muscles and bones to take gigantic mouthfuls of prey. For a blue whale, the largest animal that has ever existed, each mouthful can scoop up 100 tonnes of krill-filled water in less than 10 seconds. Scientists have now found a sensory organ in whales’ jaws [...]
Blood tests have revealed that the stranded striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) rescuedin Phuket waters Sunday morning has a serious infection and only a 10 to 30 per cent chance of survival. The young female dolphin was recovered from the sea after being sighted by staff from Karon Beach Resort, and was transferred to Phuket Marine [...]
