Lobstermen in New England are pivoting to climate-friendly kelp farming—to sustain themselves and the planet.

Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tales from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. Coral lover JD Reinbott recalls a haunting dive on a bleaching coral reef during the 2023 mass bleaching event.

An unprecedented marine heat wave has triggered a catastrophic mass-bleaching event on the Florida Reef Tract. The Keys’ coral reef ecosystem is suffering intense, quick bleaching and/or dieoff of corals, sponges, anemones and other marine life.

Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tails from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. “Mad chemist” and ocean advocate Autumn Blum recalls the dive that changed her life, inspiring her to create products that are safe for people and the ocean.

Kamau Sadiki describes the “intense” experience of diving on the last known slave ship to bring captured Africans into the United States, entering the spaces they lived and suffered in. He helps share their stories over a century later.

Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tails from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. Black in Marine Science founder Dr. Tiara Moore shares a time she felt like she was dancing while diving.

Marine debris and plastic pollution are huge challenges for our coastlines and ocean. We’re spotlighting some ways to help – whether you’re a diver or not.

Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tails from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. Ace underwater photographer Stephen Frink has an amusing story about what it takes to get “the shot” of a great white shark.

Tales of mermaids and men have enthralled us for centuries. But what actually inspired the sailors and storytellers of old to imagine these water spirits? Let’s get to know manatees – the likely muse of these myths and legends.