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Pearl meat is the ear-shaped adductor muscle in a pearl oyster.
seafood

How Pearl Meat Became Australia's Newest Luxury Ingredient

Once humble divers' fare, the meat of the pearl oyster now commands up to $200 per kilo.
Lizzie Pook June 24, 2022
List

The Wonders of Florida in 24 Museums

The Sunshine State quietly boasts a world of unexpected museums.
A diver swims along the side of the plane wreck
Capernwray, England

Capernwray Dive Centre

Planes, helicopters, and a shipwreck are underwater in this former limestone quarry.
In the challenging atmosphere of an underwater cave system, rescue operations are more complex—and far more risky.
caves

The Surprise Rescue-Within-a-Rescue in a Flooded Thai Cave

In 2018, before divers could reach a famously stranded junior football team, they first had to save other lives.
Rick Stanton with Karen Dealy January 5, 2022
underwater

Podcast: Million Dollar Point

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 7, 2021
Oil painting by Eugen Ransonnet-Villez based off his submersible sketches, housed at the Natural History Museum Vienna.
art

The Astonishing Underwater Landscapes Sketched Inside a Diving Bell

Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez descended into the ocean, pencil in hand.
The Public Domain Review December 28, 2020
Drače, Croatia

Edivo Vina Winery

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.
El Buzo
Bucerías, Mexico

'El Buzo' ('The Diver')

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.
Silfra
Thingvellir, Iceland

Silfra

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.