When Ms Hanli Prinsloo started diving 18 years ago, she was not interested in competitions, yet she went on to smash 11 national recordsin her home country of South Africa. It was the experience of being underwater that got her hooked. In 2012, the free-diver stopped competing to focus on teaching her craft to the …
Free diver Hanli Prinsloo holds her breath for several minutes at a time as she plunges into the deep blue sea. It may sound terrifying, but what distresses her more is the way Hong Kong consumes seafood. The South African visited Hong Kong to display ocean photos in “The Last Wilderness” exhibition. “I meet so …
Clinton Deane just might have saved Jack the sea turtle’s life. While swimming in the ocean with his kids between 65th Avenue North Friday afternoon, the vacationing Maryland resident noticed a large Loggerhead Sea Turtle floundering as it struggled through the waves. Believing that the turtle likely wasn’t going to survive the situation, Deane ushered …
Until last year, photographer Reiko Takahashi was working as a semiconductor engineer, escaping the office a few times a year to pursue her longtime passion for marine life, diving, and underwater photography. Then, in early 2018, a last minute trip to snorkel off the coast of Kumejima Island near Okinawa, Japan, brought the photographer face-to-face …
A study has uncovered the secret to why endangered whale sharks gather on mass at just a handful of locations around the world. The new insights into the habits of the world’s largest fish will help inform conservation efforts for this mysterious species, say the researchers. Large groups of whale sharks congregate at only around …
Freediving can be a dangerous sport – descending to extreme depths and holding your breath until you resurface. Yet, according to Egypt’s record-breaking freediver Raghda Ezzeldin, as soon as you go underwater, “you forget about everything”. Raghda and Aliaa Hassan, who in 2014 became the first Arab woman to compete and break records, explain why …
Two minutes and 12 seconds. That’s how long my spearfishing partner had been underwater on one breath. I last saw him descending past 100 feet, toward the 125-foot bottom. I floated on the surface, ostensibly as his safety diver, more realistically just praying that he would ascend out of the abyss. Soon. With each passing …
NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) – The latest rescue makes two dozen sea turtles saved near the Navarre Beach pier in the past month. A local conservation group says it mostly sees turtles caught in fishing line. A fisherman at the pier accidentally hooked a sea turtle over the weekend. “Over the past month, we have …
Thanks to its historic isolation, Madagascar has long been famed for its unique wildlife, ranging from lemurs and rare chameleons to exotic birds and the carnivorous, cat-like fossa. But now a new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research has revealed that the island nation is also a hotspot for whale sharks (the world’s largest fish). …
