RWS also announced that it will not offer shark fin on the menus of banquets and restaurants throughout the resort. credit: WildAid
Singapore  (May 29, 2008 09:32 EST)Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) today  launched a fund to sponsor research, education and conservation  efforts related to marine life, to further the marine conservation  cause. The RWS Marine […]

HMS Superb
Navy officers in charge of a nuclear submarine badly damaged when it hit rocks could be court-martialled.
A Ministry of Defence probe has begun into the Red Sea smash involving the £32million HMS Superb.
The MoD yesterday said all 112 crew would give statements and added: “A board of inquiry will look at what […]

This being the International Year of the Reef, a group of volunteers is surveying the reefs on several islands in Malaysia under the Sustainable Island Programme. By REVATHI MURUGAPPAN
Time and time again, we read articles on the problems plaguing our diverse marine life – overfishing, global warming, blasting, unchecked tourism, pollution, etc. Coral reefs […]

PARIS - Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
The life-sized bust showing the Roman ruler with wrinklesand hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 B.C. […]

Weddings boost Shark’s fin consumption in Singapore: report

Agence France-Presse
SINGAPORE - Shark’s fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday.
Singapore consumed more than 470 tons […]

Fri May 9, 7:12 AM ET
SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters Life!) - A beach vacation usually conjures up images of lying on white sand relaxing not dicing with death but Forbes.com has come up with a list of the world’s most dangerous beaches.
Strong currents and deadly jellyfish are among the dangers that spring to mind but […]

—Photograph by Stefan Lovgren
April 29, 2008—Recreational fishers and biologist Zeb Hogan (wearing cap) hold a live, 14-foot-long (4.3-meter-long) giant freshwater stingray the fishers caught in the Bang Pakong River in Chachoengsao, Thailand, on March 31, 2008.
After weeks of combing remote Southeast Asian rivers for giant freshwater stingrays—possibly the largest freshwater fish in the world—Hogan finally […]

April 30: In this photo provided by Harpo Productions, Inc., magician David Blaine is shown inside a sphere where he set a new world record
CHICAGO —  David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding — 17 minutes and 4 seconds — fulfilling what he said was “a lifelong dream.”
The feat was broadcast live during […]