From year-round diving and a diversity of habitats, Florida has everything you need to learn to dive and advance your skills. With some luck, you could even glimpse a whale shark.

Dive Centre Manly’s efforts to remove plastic waste from the harbor led to the creation of Divers Against Debris and a partnership with PADI AWARE, sparking a global movement against plastic pollution. Richard Nicholls's initiatives have inspired worldwide action and significant policy changes.

In the months leading to the 2024 Olympics, conservationists have raised alarms about the construction of a new judges' tower and its potential to harm local reefs. Here's how locals are mobilizing to protect it.

On April 5, 2024, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium responded to rescue a distressed smalltooth sawfish after someone called the sawfish hotline; the animal was seen swimming in circles in a Cudjoe Bay canal in the Florida Keys.

Since February 2023, record-high global sea surface temperatures have stressed corals, leading to a fourth global bleaching event. Fifty-four countries and territories spanning all ocean basins—Atlantic, Pacific and Indian—have reported severe coral bleaching.

Bonito, Brazil is a growing hot spot to dive with anacondas. A snake nicknamed Ana Julia was well-known to the local community. She was recently found dead leaving locals, scientists and filmmakers wondering how she died.

Individual divers from 14 countries across the world were awarded grants and scholarships by the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) to advance their careers through education, financial and career assistance.

Scientists from universities, institutions and state agencies are working to find the cause behind strange fish behavior and sawfish deaths.