Zebrafish suffering from chronic stress as a result of a genetic mutation showed signs of depression in behavioural tests.
Meanwhile, a doctoral thesis on stress response and frustration in fish by research fellow Marco Antonio Vindas at Norway's Environmental and Life Sciences University has also established that salmon have emotional responses, defined as more or less unconscious reactions in the brain triggered by consuming or positive situations.
British artist Jason deCaires Taylor has created unique underwater sculptures and installations in locations all over the world. We first interviewed him in 2007 when he finished a photo-documentary of one of his earliest works in Grenada.
Taking pictures while freediving can be a real physical challenge, but in some cases, it may be the only option to get the subject in front of your lens.
Freediving in order to take underwater photographs is not the norm, but there are many freedivers who do just that—for example, the freediving icon Fred Buyle.
Diving is risky business. Just how risky depends on a whole shopping list of factors and influences, but let’s agree that there are more risks involved with diving than, say, sitting in your basement watching Olympic curling on TV.
