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Ninja turtle
Sea turtles are shy, retiring creatures, right? Not always, it seems. Richard Carey encounters an animal with attitude while diving in the Red Sea
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Nest-building Corkwing
A male corkwing wrasse builds its nest in a crevice. MATTHEW OXLEY found this one going about its labour of love
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Lions on the loose
The spread of the red lionfish within the Caribbean is said to be an environmental disaster. Tim Ecott looks into why this beautiful predator is now high on a hit-list. Under-water photos by John Bantin
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The secret lives of Sea Cucumbers
Unassuming Holothurians are diverse, specialised and critical to the world’s oceans, says SARAH CURRAN-RAGAN. Photos by STEPHEN WONG and TAKAKO UNO
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Those elusive Garden Eels
Divers see them, the eels duck into their burrows and the divers move on. Unless, that is, they are David & Debi Henshaw.
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Quest for the Lanternfish
Cold winter followed cold winter, but Norwegian diver Rudolf Svensen never gave up on his quest to photograph an elusive deep-dweller.more...
Playing with fire
More divers have been injured by jellyfish than by any other sea creature, according to Big Question. But marine biologist Jamie Watts would rather see us appreciating our gelatinous summer visitors
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Spring carnival
Colourful small fish around the UK are preparing for their annual mating rituals, and the patient diver can enjoy the spectacle, says Jonas Anderssonmore...
The raggies are coming
Where else can you enjoy world-class shark-diving one moment, and indulge yourself in a coffee shop the next? GAVIN PARSONS gets among the tiger and ragged-tooth sharks, and busts some myths about Protea Banks
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Tigers & lemons
Not everyone approves of this sort of baited diving, but Paul Woodburn was up for some shark-diving thrills on a liveaboard out of Florida
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THE STARFISH FILE
The clean eating machine that refuses to say die - Paul Naylor reports
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THE JOHN DORY FILE
Never seen a John Dory? You have to catch it sideways on, says Paul Naylor
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Filming the ocean giants
Divers did well for marine life on TV in 2011, but the most awe-inspiring footage was almost certainly that of the whales and dolphins in the BBC’s Ocean Giants. Assistant producer/director Ellen Husain explains how persistence paid offmore...
I got the blues for you
It might be referred to as a 'pygmy' but at up to 25m long it's one of the most awe-inspiring sights in the sea - Andrew Sutton gets up close to blue whales as well as sperm whales on an unusual Indian Ocean tripmore...