Ocean

This is so cute! Ben, the Labrador, lives at a hotel in Tory Island in Ireland and every morning he goes out for a swim… Well, it’s not just a swim, he goes to meet his friend Duggie, a dolphin! Look at them!

Use satellite technology as an early warning system when sharks swim close to populated beaches, rather than killing them A large female tiger shark pulled alongside the Western Australia Fisheries vessel. Photograph: Courtesy Sea Shepherd Australia The halting of shark cull in Western Australia suggests commonsense may have finally prevailed when it comes to shark conservation. It might no

Divers exploring the waters off Costa Rica recently had an extraordinary encounter with one of the ocean’s most majestic creatures, who, in the throes of a life-threatening predicament, approached them as if to ask for their help. The group was partway through their dive when an enormous manta ray appeared in the distance, swimming in their direction. As the animal got closer, the divers noti

A video captured by an Australian couple shows the destructive power of a volcanic eruption. Mount Tarvurvur located in Papua New Guinea erupted on August 29. The event sent plumes of debris and ash thousands of feet into the sky. The volcano continued to erupt for several days afterwards The Australian couple, Linda and Philip McNamara, were on a boat nearby when it erupted again. The vid

A 2 ton, 15 foot Great White barrels into my cage and brakes through the bars... Patrick Walsh - Filming Paul Damgaard - Avoiding Sharks Mouth CC - The Shark "On November 4th we had an incident that was pretty darned exciting. CC, or Cut Caudal, one of our regular sharks, accidentally ran into one of the main cages on the Searcher. CC came up nearly vertical about 20 feet away from the cag

photo credit: Gilpatrick/Lynn/NOAA, via University of Washington. Measuring some 30 meters (100 feet) in length and weighing in at a whopping 200 tons (181 metric), blue whales are the largest animals on Earth. In fact, they’re the heaviest animals to have ever lived on our planet, weighing more than the largest known dinosaur. Unfortunately, these iconic whales are an endangered species. T

Cameron Nimmo and Mickey Smith set off from Jupiter, Florida to cuddle some sharks.

PLYMOUTH (CBS) – Two kayakers were attacked by a great white shark off Manomet Point in Plymouth Wednesday evening. Ida Parker and Kristin Orr grew up in Plymouth and are very experienced kayakers. They wanted to take a trip out to see the seals just offshore and were not worried about recent shark sightings in the area. “It came up from underneath my best friend’s boat,” Parker said.

After catching this juvenile great white shark, the fisherman uses pliers to remove the hook. Photo by Liz Jason Barber An unidentified Huntington Beach fisherman reeled in a five-foot, juvenile great white shark shortly after noon in Manhattan Beach on Tuesday. The man was fishing from the beach a few hundred feet south of the Manhattan Beach pier. According Liz Jason Barber, who was surfi

Hannah Fraser is an underwater model (yes, that job actually exists!) who is also a dedicated conservationist. After becoming dismayed at the the West Australian government’s actions against Tiger sharks (killing them en mass because of a few random attacks on beaches), Hannah decided to stage one of the most amazing performances I’ve ever seen! With the help of an award winning photographer