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Opo playing with some visitors in 1956.
dolphins

The Brief, Bright Life of New Zealand's Beloved Celebrity Dolphin

In the summer of 1955, the friendly Opo charmed beachgoers with tricks and devotion.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2017
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta

Lake Minnewanka Underwater Ghost Town

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.
underwater

The Yucatán's Hidden 'Underwater River'

There's something fascinating happening at Angelita Cenote.
Michael Waters July 6, 2017
Louie the Lobster was a big boy.
animals

A 132-Year-Old Lobster Has Been Released Into the Ocean

Louie the Lobster spent the last 20 years living in a clam bar's tank.
Eric Grundhauser June 19, 2017
Jal Mahal
List

The Sunken World Hiding Under the Water's Surface

27 drowned places that used to be above ground.
Meg Neal May 29, 2017
Divers climb the smokestack of what was once the USS Oriskany.
ships

Happy 11th Birthday to the 'Great Carrier Reef'

On May 17, 2006, the USS Oriskany transformed from a warship into the world's largest artificial reef made from recycled materials.
Cara Giaimo May 17, 2017
Sign at the entrance to Harvey's Lake.
Barnet, Vermont

Harvey's Lake: Home of Jacques Cousteau's First Dive

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.
It's hard not to attribute artistic intent to this Xenophora shell.
museums

Up Close and Personal With the World's Most Artistic Mollusks

Deep sea "carrier snails" painstakingly turn their shells into tiny dioramas.
Cara Giaimo April 18, 2017
The causeway from Wakering Stairs.
Southend-on-Sea, England

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands

Plompe Toren

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.
The submarine pens in La Rochelle.
La Rochelle, France

Nazi U-Boat Pens, La Pallise

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Blacktip reef shark, the species of shark found on shark reef (photo taken in the Maldives)
Sri Lanka

Shark Point Reef

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.
Graceful remnants of ancient cedar trunk
Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
underwater

Watch Scenes From the Captivating World of Underwater Migration

It's straight out of Finding Nemo.
Mariana Zapata October 20, 2016
Ruins of the old Berich Ironworks
Waldeck, Germany

The Drowned Convent and Village of Berich

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.
Screenshot taken from video: http://www.mylapse.com/coralcolors/
underwater

Enter the Psychedelic World of Coral With This Time-Lapse Video

What could be cooler than ancient polyps?
Mariana Zapata October 3, 2016
caves

Found: An Underwater Cave 1,325 Feet Deep—A New Record

It might not look like much from the surface but this cave goes deep.
Sarah Laskow September 30, 2016
Remaining "Hangar" of Précontinent II
Sudan

Précontinent II

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."