The Once & Future Promise of National Marine Sanctuaries

Marine sanctuaries are important because they not only help natural environments thrive, but also boost local economies. Marine sanctuaries can be found throughout the world and help increase accessibility to oceans.

Dive photographer photographs a sea turtle

An Alien Invasion

One aquarium made it their mission to breed and raise more than two dozen species of cephalopods. It was a challenge, but the only want to approach a large-scale exhibition.

Close up of orange octopus tentacles

DAN Member Profile: David Crosby

Singer David Crosby is a DAN member and a fierce advocate for the world’s oceans. Read more about Crosby and why he is a DAN member.

Man in scuba mask, and has a mustache, is giving the peace sign

The Future of Underwater Flight

The Super Falcon is a kind of submarine that enables interested passengers to travel deep and view marine life in unique environments. Read more about the Super Falcon.

Man stares at an underwater vehicle on a truck hitch

DAN Member Profile: Bill Stone

DAN member Bill Stone, Ph.D. is an intrepid technical diver, inventor and explorer. He’s led notable expeditions to explore the world’s cave systems. Read more about this DAN member.

Two cave divers swim through holding onto really intense equipment

DAN Member Profile: Greg Holt

DAN member Greg Holt might be better known as Greg the Divemaster and host of ScubaRadio. Read more about Greg Holt, his career and why he is a DAN member.

Male diver looks awkwardly at camera

A Slug’s Life

At the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut, nudibranchs have become storytellers for an issue facing our oceans that is difficult to understand yet imperative to know about: global climate change. The aquarium has taken a unique approach to educate the public on this global threat. Their new exhibit, A Slug’s Life: Facing the Climate Endgame, showcases the adored mollusk and runs through Sept. 6, 2021. The exhibit’s specific intent is to help guests understand the warnings that changing slug populations provide about the health of their habitats.

The Hermissenda opalescens, commonly known as the opalescent nudibranch, transfers unfired nematocysts from its prey to the cerrata on its back and uses them for defense

A Sense of Purpose

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Years Diving: 34 Favorite Dive Destination: Little Cayman is special because of the conservation work our team has done through the Grouper Moon Project and the time […]

See Shell App and the Illegal Tortoiseshell Trade

BEAUTIFUL NECKLACES, BRACELETS, EARRINGS, and other items with elaborate brown and amber patterns adorn the shelves of shops and tourist markets worldwide. They might seem like the perfect souvenirs of […]

necklaces, bracelets, and earrings made from endangered hawksbill sea turtles