The star and the urchin
Tales from the tropical seas continue with the deceptively sedentary life forms from the ocean beds – the starfish, the sea urchins, the sea cucumbers, and other charismatic echinoderms. Many who have travelled to India’s expansive coastline have chanced upon starfishes
Tentacle alert!
The Creature Feature aims to introduce you to an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean. Many of these creatures live not far offshore from some of our favourite beachside destinations. Our focus in this article is on the cephalopods. Let’s find out a
Electrifying Tales
In this installment of tales from the Tropical seas, Umeed Mistry introduces us to eels, an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean, often spotted by divers not far offshore from some of our favorite beach side destinations. Divers in India’s waters often come
Of Pipes and Steeds in Sea
This Creature Feature aims to introduce you to an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean. Many of these creatures live not far offshore from some of ourfavourite beachside destinations. Let’s find out a little more about them. May 2015 found me underwater
Arthropods Anyone?
The Creature Feature aims to introduce you to an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean every month. Many of these creatures live not far offshore from some of our favorite beach side destinations. Let’s find out a little more about them. The word
From the Tropical Seas
These algae-eating flamboyant genderfluid fish abound in the shallow waters across the world. Welcome to the world of the parrotfish, with about 95 species of parrotfishes found in the Indo-pacific coral reefs and shallow sea-grass beds. Take the beak of a
Pouting in the deep
The Creature Feature aims to introduce you to an inhabitant of the Indian Ocean every month. Many of these creatures live not far offshore from some of our favourite beachside destinations. Let’s find out a little more about them. Butterflyfish are
Masqueraders of the deep seas – Scorpaenidae in Indian waters
The family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfish) is one most divers get acquainted with quite early in their diving. Instructors repeatedly remind students to look out for the venomous and very conspicuous lionfish. Dive buddies exchange excited underwater gesticulations when a well-camouflaged scorpionfish