Smile, drink, perform: 26,350 meters to go

24 kilometres without fins and of course without a breathing device: a challenge only possible with ...

We are continually working on improving the MySSI App by adding new features and making it easier to use. In the latest updated version of the App, yo...

Mainly lobster traps are to be salvaged

Ghost nets kill millions of marine animals every year. The Dutch Ghost Fishing Foundation, together wit...

Pink pigments of cyanobacteria are 1.1 billion years old

Scientists have discovered the oldest colours: a geological record. The 1.1 billion ye...

Not warm coral reefs but icy polar seas are centres of species development for marine fishes
 
Warm tropical coastal seas are home to up to...

Video shows swimming behaviour of a self-luminous fanfin monkfish

For the first time ever a deep-sea frogfish of the family Caulophrynidae coul...

Scientists examine a newly hatched dumbo octopus

With their big fins Dumbo octopods (Grimpoteuthis) remind of the giant ears of Disney's elepha...

EU Commission is first to include eel in catch quotas

The European eel is fighting for survival. In the last 30 years, its population has d...

An unpleasant and dangerous companion

In October 2016, Susanne and her boyfriend Heiko travelled to Indonesia and the Philippines for three...

An intimate knowledge and genuine enthusiasm for marine life are attributes that define some of the best dive guides. Such qualities enable them to tu...

Many people think that running into a shark underwater is a horrible experience. However, more and more divers would regard such an encounter as the h...

We are pleased to announce Tom Lynch and Jody Hart as the winners of our 2016 Master Diver Challenge! The next SSI Master Diver Challenge drawing...

Meeting the expectations of older divers

By as early as 2020, 30 percent of the population will be at least 60 years old. This is a fact...

Many years ago Scubadiving had been one of the great adventures in Life. Of course there has also been sports like parachute jumping or kite flying, b...

The latest edition of the Fish Advisor app from Greenpeace has just been served up, appearing both as a printed guide and an app. The guidebook and...

Scientific? Whale Hunt