Project AWARE Foundation is looking for innovative and results-driven projects to address two key focus areas: tackling marine debris problems and protecting critical shark and ray species.

Researchers are trying to uncover the last secrets of Blackbeard's _Queen Anne's Revenge_.

Check out this video from an underwater photographer as he comes face to face with a deadly leopard seal. You'll be surprised by what happens.

This scuba diver has dedicated her life to conservation work in the South Pacific and was instrumental in the development of the Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary.

The best equipment won't save you if you don't know how to use it.

After a stint with _[Sport Diver](sportdiver.com)_, Patricia Wuest returns to _[Scuba Diving](scubadiving.com)_, where her dive career began.

Read the story that won Emily Sintek a dream Tahiti dive adventure in the BARE Adventure Contest. Then head to _Scuba Diving_'s Facebook page to enter to win the ultimate dive gear setup in BARE's Gear Up For Adventure sweepstakes.

Projects like SharksCount — part of WildAid's Shark Savers program — the eShark database and ECO-Ocean’s whale shark photo-ID library are providing tools for recreational divers everywhere to become citizen scientists for sharks.

Rick MacPherson, conservation programs director for the Coral Reef Alliance, has built a global team of local conservation leaders in everywhere CORAL works.