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Exploration

Scientists Are Saving Ancient Cave Art From Rising Sea Levels—And You Can Tour The Submerged Cavern

Researchers are racing to complete digitization of ancient cave art in a submerged Mediterranean cavern as rising sea levels and plastic pollution threaten to scrub them from the annals of history.

World’s Deepest Shipwreck Discovered in the Philippine Sea

Caladan Oceanic Expeditions found the USS *Roberts* in June more than 1,000 feet deeper than USS *Johnston*, the ship previously considered the world's deepest wreck.

Scientists Discover ‘Yellow Brick Road’ Deep Under the Ocean

Deep-sea scientists aboard the Exploration Vessel Nautilus discovered evidence of ancient active volcanic geology that looks like the road to Oz.

Divers Set Depth Record in Missouri’s Roaring River Spring

Diver set a national spring diving depth record in November at Missouri’s Roaring River Spring, bypassing the previous record of 462 feet set at Texas’ Phantom Springs Cave.

How to Discover Virgin Dive Sites from Your Phone

Dive aficionados in Florida and the Bahamas are using Google Earth to uncover new dive sites. Here’s how you can do the same.

Fabien Cousteau is Mapping the Future of Ocean Exploration

Cousteau and partners mapped ocean floor Curaçao to help site an international underwater research station and contribute to the global seafloor mapping effort.

Cave Divers Who Saved the Thai Soccer Team Stars of New NatGeo Documentary

The film tells the harrowing story of the Thai soccer team cave rescue from the perspective of the divers who orchestrated and enacted the operation.

Exploring the Bahamas’ Crystal Caves in Abaco

What you need to know to dive Crystal Caves in Abaco, Bahamas, which wrap cave divers in caramel crystals trapping Sahara dust underground.

How Deep Can You Scuba Dive?

Why does PADI, NAUI and the Navy have a recreational scuba diving limit of 130 feet? There are several reasons.