Starlink: Ubiquitous Connectivity

The advent of the Starlink satellite internet service is making even the farthest reaches of the dive world more accessible. It is now fairly common for liveaboards and remote resorts […]

Phone with Starlink Connectivity

Nitrox Production Methods

Enriched air, or nitrox, has become a trusted way for many recreational divers to extend no-decompression limits and reduce fatigue. By increasing the oxygen content and reducing nitrogen absorption, divers […]

testing cylinder

AUAS/DAN Dive Medicine Research Scholarship

The DAN Research Grant Program supports innovative research that advances diver health, safety, and performance. DAN helps generate the scientific evidence needed to improve dive practices and protect divers worldwide […]

free diver on sunken ship

Antarctic Krill

Imagine a pregnant humpback whale, all 40 tons of her, moving through cold blue water toward a cloud of pink. The cloud is dense enough to have edges and to […]

An Antarctic humpback whale engulfs a mouthful of krill-rich water.

Reef Photography

We recently traveled nearly halfway around the world to photograph some of the planet’s most beautiful coral reefs, and wow, did we get lucky. Our liveaboard was gloriously uncrowded, and […]

Diver with Caribbean spiny lobsters.

Erin Quigley

Hometown: Los Angeles, CaliforniaAge: 67Years Diving: 33Why I’m a DAN Member: I rely on DAN when making critical decisions. I know I can count on DAN’s expertise to provide guidance, […]

Teaching the Maldives Underwater Initiative marine biology team at Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives

Becky Kagan Schott

Perhaps best known for her innovative images of deep wrecks and caves, Becky Kagan Schott has eclectic interests along with the technical diving skills and photographic expertise to bring home […]

This polar bear was stalking seals under a fiery sunset, with an ivory gull following in hopes of also getting a meal.

Torpedo Rays

A commercial oil field diver using surface-supplied air was inspecting a minor oil leak in a deepwater pipeline at night. As he swam along the line, the surface tender heard […]

Female torpedo ray.

Dental Implants and Diving

Q: I recently had an upper molar tooth extracted and threads placed for an implant. I have a dive trip scheduled two weeks after the procedure that installed the threaded […]

dental implants