With plastic bags, straws, Styrofoam and other single use plastics facing bans and heavy regulations globally, the use of another form of single use plastic is still being swept under the rug. The over consumption of single use plastic drinks bottles.

Welcome back to Part 2 of marine organisms named after food! This week we start off with vegetables, making sure you get your 5 a day!

Meet Lucie, a passionate marine megafauna ambassador and read about her journey to pursue her dreams.

The first dive is one of the most exciting moments of your life! If you haven’t taken the plunge yet, or just want to reminisce about your first dive, then this article is for you!

It could be that the scientists naming these marine creatures were just particularly hungry that day, but here are the good, the bad, and the barmy names of marine creatures named after food!

This week we were lucky to speak with Naomi Gittoes, freediver, established artist, eco-fashion designer and collaborator with DiveR Australia fins.

Finding your feet in the marine science world can be confusing, challenging and sometimes daunting, Gen Bergemann talks us through her experiences in study, volunteering and finding her feet.

Those of us who spend time in the sun often rely heavily on sunscreen to protect against UV rays. Have you stopped to think what are the ingredients?

Today we catch up with turtle whisperer Caitlin Smith, and see how she got from being scared of the ocean, to researching and protecting all manner of sea turtles!

Coral nurseries and coral restoration projects litter the internet as a ways to conserve and protect our reefs. But do they really work? What are their purpose? And what hope do they provide for our struggling reef systems? This week we spoke with two experienced coral nursery advocates, to hear their opinions on the importance of these projects for reef conservation.

Lets be honest, we all wish we could speak to whales like Dory in Finding Nemo, but what if instead of speaking to them we listened to them? We had the pleasure of chatting with Yvonne Miles, a Marine Mammal Observer and Passive Acoustic Monitoring expert from Hervey Bay in Australia.

This week we interview seagrass enthusiast Dani Marston! After returning from a six-week marine research expedition along the coast of the Riviera Maya, she realised how important the unsung hero of our oceans – Seagrass – really is, and is determined to raise public awareness of this vital species!

Here she is in her own words…

Shipwrecks are puzzles waiting to be solved. They are full of history, and of course, a whole bunch of marine life! This week we spoke with Maddy McAllister, an Australian underwater archaeologist, hearing a bit about her job as a shipwreck detective.  

Taming lions is just another day at the office for this girl in ocean science, Lion Fish that is. Meet Charley Clubley, lion fish expert and marine biologist.

This week we caught up with marine biologist, Sarah Ghys. From sea turtles to cetaceans, keep reading to find out about her research, diving and how she caught the travel bug…

Over the years as the amount of plastic pollution in our oceans has increased it became inevitable that our throw away society would have detrimental affects on marine life.

Jingle shells, jingle shells, jingle all the waaay, oh what fun it is to dive, in the oceans every daaay! With the holidays just around the corner, we’ve put together a little list of some festive critters to get you into the holiday spirit!