Protecting your skin from the sun's harmful rays shouldn't come at the expense of underwater ecosystems. But what is reef-safe sunscreen, and will it actually protect marine life? Each year, 4,000 to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Swimming, snorkeling, and diving are all popular activities in coastal waters. Ironically, those who enter the water may be inadvertently ...

Predators in perpetual motion, sleepless in our seas. If that’s your image of sharks, you are not alone. And for good reason: we once believes that sharks must keep swimming to breathe. Since then, ...

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The first time a giant trevally fish hits me on the forehead, I freeze. We’re 39ft below the surface of the ocean at dusk, the inky ...

Scuba diver looking at the "Christ of the Abyss" bronze sculpture at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Key Largo, Florida FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Not only is the Neptune Memorial Reef the world’s ...

Pollution and rising sea surface temperatures are decimating the world's coral reef populations. According to a 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network report, the world's oceans lost roughly 14% of ...

What it's like to night dive on the Great Barrier Reef Stretching almost 1,500 miles, the Great Barrier Reef is so vast that just 20% has been surveyed. With tourism funding millions in conservation ...