Für deutschen Text bitte hier klicken! Young dolphins at SeaWorld have taken bubble making to the extreme. Two young juveniles have been observed creating underwater bubbles with their blow hole, then using their rostrum (snout) to manipulate and play with the bubbles: spinning them, making them smaller and larger, swimming through them and popping them. [...]

Dear Blogger, “Despite Canada’s assurances that this year the seal hunt would be humane, we have filmed so much cruelty it is unbearable…” This Spring, the European Union institutions will decide on a proposal to ban seal product trade. It is essential they do this before the European elections in June. This is an historic [...]

With the colorful shell of the giant clam highly prized by aquarium owners, the lucrative but illegal trade in the species is causing the population of this marine mollusc to decrease dramatically and experts fear it may become extinct in its natural habitat. Out of the eight known species of giant clam in the world, [...]

To all shark friends…. A very good start of 2009… it has been confirmed that Tesco Lotus Phuket/Thailand has finally removed all shark producs from there shelves!!! This sure does not take Sharks of the endangered list yet, but it is a rare step in the right direction!!! Thanks to all who participated and a [...]

Foreigners arriving without visas at any of Thailand’s non-airport immigration checkpoints will be granted permits-to-stay of only 15 days from now on. Foreigners from any of the 40 countries eligible for “visa exemptions” can now legally reside in Thailand year-round, provided they don’t mind making a “visa run” every 15 days. Foreigners arriving by air [...]

One of the most common questions we get from divers here at Sea Bees Diving is about sharks. Here in Phuket and Khao Lak we mostly see leopard sharks, nurse sharks, black and white-tip reef sharks and the occasional whale shark. So most of our Sea Bees guests know a little bit about them, but [...]