A 242 million-year-old reptile with a neck three times the length of its torso lived in the ocean, a 3D skull reconstruction reveals. Scientists describe the weird 20-foot-long creature and its incredible giraffe-like neck as a ‘paleontological absurdity’. Fossils of the creature, belonging to the Tanystropheus genus, were discovered back in 1852 and have been puzzling … Read more
Holly Willoughby wows in a black swimsuit as she channels a mermaid in stunning underwater selfie during summer holiday By Joanna Crawley and Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 14:58 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 15:05 BST, 6 August 2020 She’s enjoying some time off screens, jetting away for a family holiday. And Holly Willoughby … Read more
Endangered sperm whales are less likely to forage for food at dawn in some areas of the Mediterranean, underwater robotic equipment has revealed. Unmanned underwater robots equipped with acoustic monitors recorded the sperm whale sounds over several months and thousands of miles of ocean. Sperm whales emit distinct ‘clicks’ to sense objects from reflected sound waves … Read more
Scientists are gearing up to explore a mysterious 425-foot underwater sinkhole off the coast of Florida called the ‘Green Banana’ An expedition will get underway next month to explore the ‘blue hole’ The ‘Green Banana’ extends for 425 feet beneath the ocean floor Contents of sinkholes like ‘Green Banana’ are still mysterious Other underwater sinkholes … Read more
A spectacular underwater video showing a German U-boat that sank off the coast of Cornwall during World War II has been filmed by a team of divers. The scenes were captured by Dive Newquay and show the remains of the submarine called U-102I, part of the U-boat Flotilla that served from its launch 1944 until … Read more
Footage has been released in the underwater hunt for Naya Rivera’s body as authorities warn she could be found ‘five minutes from now or five days from now’ and her devastated family say they ‘need closure’. The search for the Glee star, 33, entered its fourth day Saturday following her disappearance while out boating at … Read more
Archaeologists in Mexico have found some of the oldest mines in the Americas and 13,000-year-old human remains, after exploring an underwater area in the Yucatan peninsula. In a paper published in the journal Science Advances on Friday, the scientists told of finding ocher mines in underwater caves. They had been intrigued by the 2007 discovery … Read more
Aboriginal stone tools dating back 8,500 years discovered off the coast of Western Australia mark out the sites of two ancient settlements submerged underwater since the last ice age Divers found two underwater Aboriginal sites off the coast of Western Australia Were once above sea level but later submerged after the end of the last … Read more
Scientists bring wireless internet underwater for the first time after testing a ‘gateway’ device that uses LASERS to transmit data to the surface Scientists built a system that acts like a WiFi booster for deep-sea divers Radio waves transmit data to a Raspberry Pi attached to the diver’s gear Lasers or LEDs send the data to … Read more
A diver braved sub-zero conditions to capture stunning images of ‘underwater aliens’ living 500 feet below the White Sea. Alexander Semenov, a marine biologist from Moscow, Russia, spends just 40 minutes beneath the frigid waters reaching depths of 200 feet, but with the marvels of new technology he has the ability to photograph the deep-sea … Read more