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The marine life we saw included: Giant-puffer, black clownfish, upside-down jellyfish, anemonefish, nudibranch, sea turtle, mantis shrimp, flatfish, harlequin shrimp, skunk fish, porcupine puffer, moray eel, ribbon eel, fingered dragonet, & more. Video was taken on the last day of diving with...

While diving with Atlantis Resort in Dumaguete, Philippines we were lucky enough to find an Anemonefish family fanning their eggs to provide them with more oxygen.

Found while in Dumaguete, Philippines. Video was on a GoPro Hero 4.

Found in Dumaguete, Philippines. Video was taken on GoPro Hero 4.

I have recently started researching the collector urchins - sea urchins which put coral rubble, shells or sea grass on top of themselves. They do this for camouflage and UV protection. What I did was to classify the amount and type of debris on an urchin, and analyze them as a function of urchin...

Anemone, cardinal fish, spiny seahorse, striped eel catfish at the tires, razorfish hiding in the sand, a family of saddleback anemone fish, Clark's anemone fish with their family, common sea horse, two frogfish hiding on the rope, Valentin's sharpnose puffer, ornate ghost pipefish, juvenile...

Any volunteer in Marine Conservation Philippines that would like to share it's experience with us?

Two cuttlefish were found in Dumaguete. Philippines. Video was on a GoPro Hero 4.

Coconut octopus, razorfish, garden eels, frogfish, mototi octopus, cockatoo waspfish, cuttlefish, napoleon snake eel, mantis shrimp, fuzzy dwarf lion fish, white spotted puffer, blue ringed octopus. Video was taken on Day 4 staying at the Atlantis Resort in Dauin near Dumaguete in the...

The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in. No blue-ringed...

The Finger Dragonet, also known as the Sailfin Dragonet is an unusual creature with it’s ‘fingered’ fins and striking metallic blue spotted dorsal fin. They will spend their day hovering among rocks picking at small crustaceans including copepods, amphipods. Their mouths are very small and they...

Hello fellow Divers – We are hoping if you, or someone you know, might be interested in taking our place on an April 27th to May 7th dive trip to Anilao in the Philippines. This is a photo dive trip with Blue Water Photo. Unfortunately, due to sudden and unexpected health issues we are forced...