Divers should lead – Jean-Michel Cousteau
There is no community more ready to take on ocean challenges ahead than divers. Diving is transformative. It takes us from being land animals tied to the Earth …
Archive by category Conservation/Scientific (marine life)
Cousteau on Conservation: Beauty, Horror at Hawaiian Marine Sanctuary
By Jean-Michel Cousteau and Jaclyn Mandoske From my hotel balcony in Honolulu, Hawaii, I gaze across the Pacific Ocean thinking about the last time my team and …
Species Focus: Packhorse Lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi)
By Paul Caiger. The packhorse is a species of spiny lobster (aka crayfish) that only lives in this corner of the world, predominantly in northern New Zealand …
Tawharanui – From Sea to Sky
By Paul Caiger. Imagine a piece of New Zealand coastal paradise where the native bush and all its terrestrial inhabitants are left to regenerate without the …
Sharking Tagging Mission to Clipperton Atoll
By Michel Labrecque. I remember watching, many years ago, a Cousteau episode about Clipperton Atoll that contained images of impressive schools of scalloped …
Testing the Waters in Wakatobi
By Wayne Osborn, images by Wayne Osborn unless otherwise credited. When I first read the specs on Canon’s new 50.6 MP EOS 5DS R DSLR, I knew it begged to be …
Species Focus: Snake Eel (Ophisurus serpens)
By Paul Caiger. The snake eel or serpent eel is a curious-looking fish found worldwide; intermittently seen on the end of fishing hooks or washed ashore after …
Sounding out New Zealand’s Underwater World
By Paul Caiger. Jacques Cousteau’s celebrated 1950s book and documentary about the oceans was called the The Silent World. However, the underwater world is …
Diving Conflict Islands
By Hayley Versace. Imagine being invited to an isolated tropical island atoll in the middle of the Coral Triangle with crystal clear electric blue water and …
Species Focus: Spotted Stargazer (Genyagnus monopterygius)
By Paul Caiger. Stargazers acquire their name from their upward-pointing eyes. This family of fishes, Uranoscopidae, is found worldwide, with around 50 …