Ben Laboy considers himself a very lucky diver. It was only his 30th dive (not a huge number in the scuba diving community) when a gray whale came so close, Laboy felt he could reach out and touch it.

Eleven-year-old Cailey Maxwell's weekly scuba dive started an hour late Saturday morning, but she could not have cared less. Nothing under the water could compare with what she had just seen above it.

Previous calculations just hadn’t explained how certain champion divers use so little oxygen, notes Terrie M. Williams of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Now, she and seven colleagues report ...

A curious minke whale shocked boaters in the North Sea by swimming directly beneath their small vessel in a rare close ...

Goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) hold the record for deepest dive of any marine mammal, and researchers hope that examining how these animals manage their oxygen thousands of feet underwater ...

Some crave steep snowy peaks. Others bask in a bustling metropolis. And some want a labyrinth of reefs, streaked in bright blues, yellows, and reds, swarming with bizarrely beautiful undersea ...

This month's column is a dive report. A dive report is something we divers do after returning from a trip. It's a way to let other divers know about conditions, accommodations and what we saw during a ...

For a new documentary series on whales, underwater photographer Brian Skerry sought to capture whales’ “human traits”—and had to shed his scuba gear in order to access their intimate realm. In the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Learning to dive while on vacation has been a bucket list activity for ...

A little known, shy whale has surprised scientists by staying submerged for almost four hours. Cuvier's beaked whales are known for their abilities to dive deep and they average around an hour under ...