Sea Turtles of the World

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years, and underwater photographer Doug Perine has captured images for every living species of sea turtle.

Large group of very tiny leatherback turtle hatchlings crawl toward the water from beach

Dan Orr

Dan Orr has committed his entire career to scuba diving and came to DAN in 1991. Read more about Dan Orr’s career and life.

Scuba diver Dan Orr is submerged and holding a red DAN flag

A Different Kind of Souvenir

Dengue fever is a mosquito-born infection and infection rates are rising in certain parts of the world. A diver unfortunately contracted dengue fever while on a trip.

Mosquito sucks blood from a human

Great White Scavengers

Great white sharks are the ocean’s largest predatory fish yet not much is known about them. Learn more about a recent study on great white sharks. The study had the researchers rethinking what they previously knew about these sharks.

Great white shark tears apart a whale carcass

Shooter: Alex Mustard

Alex Mustard, Ph.D., is among the first prominent underwater photographers to come of age during the digital era. He’s a marine scientist.

Two yellow fish snuggle close together

The Chamber on Catalina Island

The hyperbaric chamber at Catalina Island has been serving divers for 40 years. The chamber is open 24 hours per day and is one of only two that is dedicated solely to divers. Read more about this nearly all-volunteer crew and facility.

Very blue hyperbaric chamber is in a shack

Underwater Video with DSLRs

Digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) offer excellent video quality for the price and are a useful one-camera travel solution. But divers interested in shooting video should be aware of some compromises and challenges to motion-image capture that exist with DSLRs.

Diver approaches pink coral with a giant camera

Hope for Sharks at CITES 2013

The stakes were high at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting this spring. On the table were the fates of manta rays and five species of shark.

Giant manta ray swims with a fish on its head and a diver is in the background