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To figure out how ghost sharks evolved, scientists virtually reconstructed an ancient shark brain - Liveaboards Indonesia The more than 280-million-year-old skull was from an ancient relative of today’s ghost sharks by Rachel Becker MBARI recently captured a modern ghost shark on video. MBARI A fossilized shark skull that’s more than 280 million years old could be a missing evolutionary link between sharks, and their s...

Never be out of range: Research could make texting while scuba diving possible - Liveaboards Indonesia By Lulu Chang Published December 22, 2016 One day soon, you may no longer be able to use “I’m going through a tunnel” as an excuse for why you’ve just hung up the phone. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and its AMEBA (A Mechanically Based Antenna) team are working on methods to…

Meet Greg Lecoeur, Our Nature Photographer of the Year - Liveaboards Indonesia BY GREG LECOEUR 12 DECEMBER 2016 Greg Lecoeur sold his company and left home to dive around the world. Greg Lecoeur’s stunning photograph of a sardine run won National Geographic’s Nature Photographer of the Year contest, beating out thousands of other entries. Lecoeur is originally from Nice, Franc...

[Newsmaker] Jeju's women divers gain UNESCO recognition - Liveaboards Indonesia ‘Haenyeo’ culture recognized for empowering women, eco-friendly fishing and embodying regional identity When the female divers of Jeju Island emerge from their minutes-long foray underwater, they let out a much-awaited sigh. Called “sumbi,” the exhalation releases carbon dioxide from the lungs with…

Fish Use Lights Too: The Role of Red Fluorescence - Liveaboards Indonesia By Ian Bongso-Seldrup Source: Science Daily   The Technicolor wonders of the reef are a sight to behold—provided, of course, you have a decent amount of artificial light to see it. Otherwise, it’s a dull, blue-green world down there, devoid of all those lovely yellows, oranges and reds. It turns out...