Month: January 2020

San Carlos Beach has got to be the most versatile dive site in the Monterey area. The dive site located just off the beach, also referred to as The Breakwater, is used for scuba class instructional dives, a great macro photography location, a go-to night dive destination, the location of the “barge” wreck, home to the Metridium Fields, and the location of an almost guaranteed California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) encounter. San Carlos Beach is not just a single dive site but many dive sites […]

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A dear friend, a diver with seven decades of diving experience, once told me something that stuck with me. “I’ve never stopped learning,” he said. “I can always get some lesson, however small, out of every dive I do.” I surfaced from my dives with a slightly different attitude after that, always taking the time to concentrate on what I’d learned and what tiny bit would — or should — remain with me. He is right: there is always something you can absorb, no matter […]

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Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I saw that our dive boat had reached the backside of Santa Rosa, the third in the Northern Channel Islands chain, while I’d been snoozing. I wasn’t sure where we were or where we were headed but I quietly wished it was the East End Pinnacles.  My wish came true. There are two groups of pinnacles just south of East Point. Three make up the outer group with depths of about 50 feet to the top and 85-100 feet […]

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The latest news on the travels of Indonesia’s tagged whale sharks.

Conservation News spoke with one of the authors of a new study on walking sharks to find out how he and his team uncovered the evolutionary origin of these peculiar creatures — and how this information could help us adapt to climate change.

In Indonesia’s marine protected areas, we are seeing a reduction in the exploitation of turtles.

The more we learn about mantas, the better we can protect them — and the people they benefit.

Overfishing continues to push global fish populations to the brink of collapse. Smartphone apps can help change that.

The sanctuary will protect an area crucial for biodiversity — and Ecuador’s economy.

How working with octopus fishers in Madagascar led Kame Westerman to make a surprising discovery about women and conservation.

Knowing where the turtles go is the first step to protecting them.

Ocean scientist Greg Stone takes us 18,000 feet under the sea.

For Mauricio Castrejon, fisheries manager for CI’s Americas field division marine program, his ‘aha!’ moment came when the 2007 financial crisis hit the Galápagos Islands.

The Isla Del Coco National Park (PNIC), received the “Blue Park” award for being a Global Ocean Refuge in the “Gold” category of the…

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CI’s Greg Stone arrived in style to an important gathering of small island developing states in Samoa.

Fish aggregating devices are helping industrial fishers take an unexpected toll on bigeye tuna populations.

Dr. Mark Erdmann has described 100 fish species that are new to science. Here are his favorites.

Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen were part of a team that completed a rapid survey of Fiji’s Lau Seascape. They discovered nine species that might be new to science.

CI staff share their favorite page-turners about our planet’s largest biome.

Donald Trump’s statements about climate change on “Piers Morgan” on Sunday go directly against scientific fact.