Hydrothermal vents discovered along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Huge biomass gains at Cabo Pulmo National Park; Huge high seas reef found at almost 400 meters; Tool use in fish; White band disease in corals might be treatable with antibiotics; Warming oceans causes massive movement of marine species; Multiple ocean stresses threaten “globally significant” marine extinction; Fish weight-watchers; PADI endorse VR Sentinel for rec tec courses; PADI to award 20 millionth scuba diving certification; BSAC to launch a brand new members’ magazine; InnerSpace Explorers partners with Tourism Unlimited to drive international expansion; Human pathogen killing corals in the Florida Keys; ; The wreck of Audace by Massimiliano Canossa; H.L. Hunley is rotated upright—‘stealth-like’ craft now visible; Grenada to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Bianca C; Flight Seat Guide; Red Sea diving organization hit hard by financial cutbacks; Bikini Atoll re-opens to Scuba Diving; British Foreign Office trials emergency SMS service.

Travel Section: Mozambique! Scott Bennett finds "a winning combination of fantastic diving and vibrant culture", while Don Silcock finds "what can only really be described as the perfect underwater biological storm". Check out their comprehensive stories and brilliant photographs.

Equipment news: Seac Sub F100 Pro fin, Mares Hybrid BCD, Oceanic B.U.D computer, MB Sub backup lamps X1-VB and X1-FF, Dive Rite Tech Tool Bag; Marine mammals: Dolphins can detect electrical fields like sharks do, Dangerous toxin discovered in critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal, ‘Conching’ by dolphins, Irrawaddy dolphins numbers triple in protected area, Mekong Irrawady dolphins on brink of extinction said WWF; Diving the islands of the Bahamas with Charles Stirling; Diving diversity on Grand Bahama Island with Matthew Meier

Turtle Tales: Researchers track marine turtle movements, Sea turtle dies after swallowing 317 pieces of plastic; Books & Media: Oceans Odyssey 2 edited by by Greg Stemm and Sean Kingsley, Dolphin Way by Mark Caney, Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin, Pearls of the Caribbean HD app by Steve Jones; Profile: Wolfgang Leander interviewed by Arnold Weisz; AquaCorps: Deep d(r)iving motivations by Wes Skiles; Shark Tales: Tagging sharks in Palau with Georgina Wiersma and Peter Verhoog

Photo & Video Section: Natural light in underwater photography by Lawson Woods; Photo News: Inon Insect Eye, Sealux housings for Sony 3D cameras, Gates REDMOTE controller housing, Sony NEX adapter for A-mount lenses; Nauticam Panasonic GF2 housing, Nikon Releases CoolPix P7100 and AW100, Sony’s New NEX-7 EVIL Camera, SeaLife SL980 Underwater Photo/Video Light, Sony Releases A77 SLT Camera; Nudibranch safari in Norway with Christian Skauge