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Shark fins off the menu at top hotel

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Asia's oldest hotel chain has waded into the debate on the slaughter of sharks for their fins by taking the Chinese delicacy off its menus.

Tourist left behind on Great Barrier Reef

A US tourist has been forced to swim for help after realising he was left behind on a Great Barrier Reef snorkelling trip. Mr Cole's money was refunded, and he was given a $200 restaurant voucher.Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/tourist-left-behin …

Into the abyss: The diving suit that turns men into fish

Humans have proven themselves remarkably adept at learning to do what other animals can do naturally. We have taught ourselves to fly like birds, climb like monkeys and burrow like moles. But the one animal that has always proven beyond our reach is the fish.

Turkey's underwater cultural heritage in danger, says expert

Turkey's underwater cultural heritage faces a number of threats, especially from sport divers, an archaeology expert says during a meeting in Istanbul.

Your Life Depends Upon This Tiny Plant

Heard of phytoplankton? I learned about it, in what seems a lifetime ago, in a high school and/or college science class.

Paris Hilton visits a new dive | Metro.co.uk

'I love scuba diving, it's so much fun!' she tweeted, along with pictures of the sealife she found off the Maui coast. The 29-year-old has been relaxing in paradise since her arrest last month in Las Vegas on suspicion of possessing cocaine. She faces a hearing next month.

Old Oil Rig Turned Into Scuba Divers' Dream Hotel

This time, it's for real: The type of project proposed by Morris Architects for the (pre-BP spill) Gulf of Mexico has actually been carried out in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, where an old oil-drilling rig has been turned into a hotel catering to snorkelers and scuba diver …

Human remains found inside shark in the Bahamas

JUST AS the deep sea fisherman was about to cut the hook from the shark's wide open mouth and let him go, out jumped a human foot.  "Everything was intact from the knee down," said Bahamian investment banker Humphrey Simmons, "it was mangled, but there was still flesh …

Zheng He: Symbol of China's 'peaceful rise'

Standing seven feet tall, China's maritime giant Admiral Zheng He led the world's mightiest fleet, with 300 ships and as many as 30,000 troops under his command. Zheng He, a Muslim eunuch, died in 1433 aged 62 and is buried in the Chinese city of Nanjing

Video: Divers plumb the mysteries of sacred Maya pools

Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient Maya.

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