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There are few experiences more rewarding than scuba diving but over the weekend the Adreno Scuba gang from Brisbane did a cleanup dive at the Tangalooma Wrecks in Moreton Bay. It quickly became clear that the combination of Scuba and cleaning up rubbish takes that sense of reward to another level. As divers, we spend...

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In the family of the Beluga whale (Monodontidae), a Narwhal typically found in the Arctic waters of Greenland, Russia and Canada was found washed upon the shores of Belgium. This near threatened toothed whale was found 50km form the ocean up the Scheldt River. The whale was determined to be a young male, of just...

Earth hour was found by World Wide Fund (WWF) in Sydney, 2007. Now embraced by 7001 cities and 152 nations across the globe, Earth Hour has a focus on raising awareness about the need to take action on climate change. In 2014 Earth Hour has a special focus on one of the world's most iconic...

Hooray!!! What an amazing result for Manta Rays, which are now protected in Indonesian waters! The announcement comes following research into the tourism dollars generated by divers wanting to have encounters with these charismatic ocean giants, and the efforts of organisations who have been working hard on a two year campaign for better protection of...

Meet Taurus, his data dates back the furthest for Project Manta and making him their oldest record. Taurus was first photographed in 1985 at Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort. Taurus is a melanistic (black underbelly) male. Since 1985 he has been sighted at Lady Elliot Island 15 times between 2007 and 2014 - with the...

Our celebration of the Manta season continues this week with an introductory blog about Project Manta, who we hope to work with to promote the research and conservation of Manta Rays in Australia. Established in 2007, Project Manta is a multidisciplinary study of manta rays that aims to provide much needed biological and ecological information...

Our friends over at Project Aware recently teamed up with, dive business owners and dive supporters united as the voice of the dive community in Bangkok, Thailand at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CITES CoP16). On 1 March, before the meeting opened, we made our message loud and clear...

Are we turning sharks into circus animals? Or simply showing a gentler side?Last week, we posted a picture to our wall of lover of the sea, Ocean Ramsay, riding on the fin of a Great White Shark. It seemed to receive mixed responses. From 'good on her', to 'that's just dangerous', and especially 'how disrespectful...

Sea Shepherd have been declared 'pirates' under international maritime law after continued attacks on Japanese whaling vessels. Here, Japanese whaling vessels claim the Sea Shepherd is ramming one of their ships.A US court has declared the conservation group Sea Shepherd to be "pirates" and ordered it to stop its aggressive actions against Japanese whalers.The ruling...