Though the dolphin die-off has be attributed to a virus, the cause of the disease remains a mystery. Since late last year, four or five dolphin carcasses have beached in Brazil each day. Scientists have confirmed that a virus is to blame, but the mortalities still have conservationists baffled. The Associated Press reports more than …
It’s hard to imagine this adorable sea cow getting caught in a fishing net, or losing its home to coastal development. Unfortunately that’s what’s happening to many populations of large marine mammals around the world. It’s urgent—sea cows are under threat of extinction. Sea cows might be cute, but it turns out they’re also really …
For 28 years, Nan Hauser has been researching and diving with whales. The biologist is the president and director of the Center for Cetacean Research and Conservation, a group that has researched everything from the population status to feeding behaviors of these animals. But during a trip to look at whales in the Cook Islands …
The cold, dark waters more than a hundred metres below the surface of the ocean are not a forgiving environment for human beings. The pressure, more than 10 times that at the surface, can quickly cause unconsciousness – fatal at that depth. But for freedivers – a small band of extreme sportsmen and women who …
A swim in the sea may improve your mood and health. Hippocrates first used the word “thalassotherapy” to describe the healing effects of seawater, according to Pacific Naturopathic. Ancient Greeks appreciated the health and beauty benefits of this mineral-rich water and bathed and soaked in seawater-filled pools and hot tubs. Among several benefits, swimming in …
If you’re an experienced freediver, then you’ve probably already felt the incredible benefits of the sport. Each dive not only teaches you about what exists outside, in the ocean, but it brings your awareness inside to your body and mind as well. The list of freediving benefits is endless, but here a few to keep …
Pan Pacific Championship 2018 , the Pan Pacific Pool Freediving championship (Pan Pacs) will take place in Narashino which is located on the east side of Tokyo at the end of March, 2018. Pan Pacs is a three-day world record status competition for the disciplines of static apnea, dynamic apnea without fins and dynamic apnea …
If diving the beautiful waters off the South Pacific nation of Fiji is something you’ve always wanted to do, a new option is to snorkel with dolphins. Volivoli Beach Resort recently introduced a new “Dolphin Safari Adventure,” of which General Manager Nick Darling says: “The tour consists of a 3-hour excursion that included providing guests with the opportunity to snorkel one of …
