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6 Riveting Books That Explore the Ocean

Can’t handle being away from the action when you’re not in the water? The books on our list let you expand your ocean exploration from the comfort of your home—using your imagination.

The Art of Diving for Shipwrecks and Treasure

Searching for long-lost ships and the treasure they once hauled across the sea can be thrilling, but it’s also a lot of work.

A Wreck Like No Other: Diving Into the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Kamau Sadiki describes the “intense” experience of diving on the last known slave ship to bring captured Africans into the United States, entering the spaces they lived and suffered in.

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Zapote Cenote, nicknamed Hells Bells, gives divers the chance to get up close and personal with a rare underwater phenomenon.

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.