Why did UNESCO choose Cocos Island National Park as a World Heritage Site? It is the only island in the tropical eastern Pacific, and it provides critical marine habitats — deep waters pumped with nutrients from life-giving currents — for large pelagic fish, including the planet’s biggest — the whale shark — as well as schools of hammerhead sharks, yellowfin tuna and manta rays.

Storms keep getting stronger. Their aftermath gets worse. But the question stays the same: Why aren’t we prepared?

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Nearest Point is a diverse, kaleidoscopic reef.

Drifting in the cobalt blue waters of Molasses Reef a diver notices something odd: On the underside of the Cheeca View (the dive boat he'd just been relaxing on), the letters HD had been painted in white on either side of the hull.

From symbiosis to mating to mouthbrooding, here are some of the coolest animal behavior photos from our 2017 Through Your Lens Photo Contest.

Henauer first caught our attention when he took home 2nd place in the wide-angle category of the 2017 *Scuba Diving* magazine photo contest.

This two-day symposium of presentations, discussions, learning, and inspiration includes some of the world's leading nature and wildlife photographers.

Farming salmon to protect wild fish sounds logical. But that's not how it works in reality.