Only 37 Chinese white dolphins remain in Hong Kong, according to the latest statistics from Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
The species is protected in Hong Kong by the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170). Nonetheless, the number of dolphins in Hong Kong has declined as much as 80 percent over the last 15 years, according to conservation groups such as the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society.
Stingrays have a higher swimming efficiency than most other aquatic animals, and many studies regarding high-performance swimming have focused on the hydrodynamic benefits of stingrays swimming styles: “Rajiform” locomotion (undulation) and “mobuliform” locomotion (flapping), which are considered the key to stingrays' high-performance swimming.
In 2019, a pair of bottlenose dolphins in the Caribbean—a mother and her calf—was filmed in the Chetumal-Corozal Bay in northern Belize using mud rings to catch fish.
This method of catching fish was first observed and documented in several parts of Florida by Stefanie Gazda, a researcher from University of Florida in 2005.
In this hunting strategy, one of the dolphins swims down to the seabed and uses their tail to stir up plumes of mud in a ring-shaped configuration. The loosened mud raises and forms a barrier that traps and corrals fish within.
Family members of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the California coast two years ago have sued the U.S. Coast Guard for lax enforcement of safety regulations that they say doomed the passengers, Associated Press reports.
The standard of care for many diving illnesses is recompression. Treatment delay is one of the most significant risk factors for a negative outcome when treating divers with decompression sickness or arterial gas embolism. Hence, an injured diver must be brought to the most appropriate, available treatment facility with as little delay as possible.
Italian manufacturer Isotta has launched its new housing for the popular Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III mirrorless camera.
Announcing the DPG/Wetpixel Masters Underwater Imaging Competition 2021
For 2021, the contest aims to give back to those that have historically supported the Underwater Competition Series. The global pandemic continues to adversely impact dive travel and underwater imaging brands, so it is our turn to help them in their time of crisis.
During the past decade, the Northwest Atlantic’s Gulf of Maine and western Scotian Shelf have been warming more rapidly than most of the global ocean
As this region has warmed, changes in ocean circulation have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing the animals to more lethal ship strikes, disastrous commercial fishing entanglements and greatly reduced calving rates.
Razer, a manufacturer well-known in the video gaming scene, has announced its newest line of laptops, with specs that make them very suitable for postproduction/editing of large files of underwater videos and photos.
Australian scientists trying out ways to reduce sunlight to help preserve corals in the face of climate change, according to an article posted on Nature.
A huge machine is at the centre of an experiment that, if successful, could help to determine the future of the Great Barrier Reef.
Octopuses have been caught on camera apparently throwing objects at hand, such as shell and silt at other octopuses who bother them. In most cases it is is females that do the throwing, often at males that are harassing them, according to an article posted in New Scientist.
