The ocean is often described as Earth’s last great frontier, a vast and mysterious world that continues to challenge even the most experienced explorers. In May 2026, a routine scientific expedition ...

A Maldivian military diver died from decompression sickness during a perilous mission to recover bodies of four Italian ...

Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the ...

Expert divers were sent to the Maldives to retrieve four bodies in a deep-sea cave network, in a search mission that killed ...

Following recent tragedies in both the Maldives and the UK, experts are issuing safety warnings for those planning on ...

Exploring deep, dangerous underwater cave systems offers scientists and divers unparalleled glimpses into Earth’s history, ...

Five Italian tourists and a Maldivian rescue diver die in a deep cave dive near Vaavu Atoll in the Maldives. Investigators are hinting at one probable cause and many factors that may have led to it ...

The question of why experienced divers would descend to depths of more than 50 metres using recreational gear — let alone ...

Five Italian divers died on a research trip in the Maldives last week, after they entered a 160 ft deep ‘shark cave’ in a submerged cave system in the Vaavu Atoll. The bodies of ecology professor ...