President-Elect Obama names Jane Lubchenco to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a government agency responsible for understanding and conserving the oceans and atmosphere.  Lubchenco, a marine biologist, founded the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program.  The program works to give talented young scientists a chance to develop skills to become effective communicators with both [...]

A youth group from Temple Sinai came to the Downtown Aquarium this past Sunday to enjoy a snorkel with the fish. 36 youngsters swam with turtles, eels, and nurse sharks for an afternoon filled with fun and salt water! They had a blast at this unique Denver experience.
Entry by Kate Suek

The Divers Alert Network is now accepting applications for thier summer 2009 Research Internship Program. Are you still in college or a recent graduate? Do you love diving, diving physiology, diving research, hyperbarics or just want to delve a little deeper into the scuba industry? Are you trying to find a way to make scuba [...]

A-1 Scuba would like to give much kudos to Jenna Mussell — one of the newest students to finish the confined water portion of the PADI open water course. Jenna completed all of the quizzes as well as the final exam with 100%! An incredible feat for anyone, Jenna is only 13. Jenna came prepared to [...]

One of our very own, Carolyn Petersen, plunged into the shark tank for a second time at the Downtown Aquarium on November 30th.  Carolyn, one of our full-time travel agents blew some bubbles with Shane Taylor.  Shane helped Carolyn find some shark teeth and to learn about shark behavior as well as shark conservation.  She [...]

Good job to new Open Water divers: Mia Lamirand (the little one), Bruce Gossard, and Alex Meade.  Ready to Rescue; Chandra McCall and Peter Manskopf.  Of course Tammi, the instructor and Alf the Divemaster, are very proud! 

During the Santo Biodiversity 2006 Survey nearly 10,000 species were found on and around the remote South Pacific Island Espiritu Santo in the country of Vanuatu.  The expedition took nearly five months to complete and 153 scientists from 20 countries participated.  The expedition examined mountains, forests, caves, reefs, and water for living organisms.
Of the 10,000 [...]