Scientific sub makes deep-sea discoveries -- Long-term recovery of reefs depends on local action -- Fatter coral stands a better chance of surviving bleaching -- Super reefs able to withstand climate change -- Seaweed may have formed only 400 years ago -- Math Rules Snails and shells -- Sea squirts able to regrow entire body from just one blood vessel -- All cephalopods are poisonous -- WWI battleship found in deep water -- Who Owns a Shipwreck? -- Phytoplanton reinvent their structure -- Crabs Feel Pain -- Airline Credit Cards Consumer Tip

The nuclear wrecks of Bikini Atoll Expedition to the wrecks of Operation Crossroads Text and photos by Joost-Jan Waanders :: Aftermath — at the nuclear playground by Arnold Weisz :: Journey to Bikini Atoll - Barb Roy :: Kwajalein Wrecks of the Pacific - Text and Photo Thorsten Repp

Yoga & Diving :: New Equiment :: Leatherback Expedition — a report from S.O.L.O. - Join the 2009 expedition :: Odyssey Marine — Interview with Marine Archaeologist Neil Cunningham Dobson :: __

Funky Gifts - for Folks with Fins :: Report Whale Shark Sightings in the Northern Gulf of Mexico :: Sexual discrimination behind decline in sharks :: Can artificial womb save grey nurse shark? :: Technical Diving : Why?

Nice subject matter and good visibility is a prerequisite for a great image. But just as important is correct lighting. Winners of the Golden Dolphin Competition 2009 Originally from Argentina, artist and scuba diver Ana Bikic believes that art should play an active roll in environmental education and awareness. Her art work is designed and painted to inspire a positive message that provokes the audience to care and to participate in conservation. X-RAY MAG interviewed Bikic to find out what drives her work and inspires her artistic creations.