Alert Diver Category: Kehidupan Perairan

Sharks are among the ocean’s oldest survivors. They have cruised through Earth’s seas for more than 450 million years — long before the first trees grew or Saturn formed its rings.

Every night as the sun slips below the horizon, countless aquatic creatures begin migrating up from the deep in what is quite possibly the greatest show on Earth. Seeking nourishment in shallow water, zooplankton must risk a perilous journey upward, avoiding a gauntlet of predators while remaining in the safety of darkness and then returning […]

The wild, psychedelic colors of reef fish are often what first enraptures divers. Is there an evolutionary explanation for why small, tasty animals adorn themselves in vivid colors instead of camouflaging themselves from hungry predators?

IT IS DAY FIVE OF THE VOYAGE, and our liveaboard has finally finished the overnight crossing south from the warm waters of Darwin and Wolf islands to Cape Douglas, Isla Fernandina. Although we don’t travel a great distance …

IT IS DAY FIVE OF THE VOYAGE, and our liveaboard has finally finished the overnight crossing south from the warm waters of Darwin and Wolf islands to Cape Douglas, Isla Fernandina. Although we don’t travel a great distance …

I WAS HOOKED THE FIRST TIME I saw a southern sea otter bobbing in the surf off the coast of California’s Big Sur. I didn’t know then that I would be as spellbound by these rare creatures decades later as I was at that very first sighting.

Salah satu simbol satwa liar terbesar di kerajaan hewan, penguin membuat kita terpesona dengan tingkah lucu mereka dan membuat kita kagum karena mereka dapat hidup dengan baik di lingkungan yang sangat tidak bersahabat.

AN EDIBLE, SLOW-MOVING ANIMAL that lives in clear, shallow waters doesn’t have a high chance of survival these days. Conchs, specifically queen conchs, used to be widespread throughout the Florida Keys and the Caribbean.

BERBAGI RUANG DENGAN HEWAN LIAR di alam adalah salah satu anugerah terbesar yang ditawarkan oleh kehidupan. Mungkin Anda pernah bertatapan langsung dengan orangutan di Kalimantan, atau mungkin Anda pernah melihat ikan badut dengan lembut merawat telurnya di terumbu karang. Anda mungkin pernah melihat pasukan semut pemotong daun yang sedang mengangkut potongan tanaman kembali ke koloninya, atau mengintip dari balik haluan kapal hanya untuk melihat lumba-lumba. 

ASK DIVERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST what makes for a great dive, and most will agree that a wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is involved. There is something about the face of an adult wolf-eel staring at you from its den that turns an ordinary dive into a great one. The specific conditions don’t matter. Cold temperatures, terrible visibility, or strong currents are easy to forget when a wolfie — as we call them locally — appears.