Raniero’s Adventures shared the below post on Facebook with a sighting of the Moon Jellyfish, as confirmed as well by Marine Biologist Prof. Alan Deidun in comments to the post. Have you ever seen one yourself?
Prof. Deidun also gave more information on the species, highlighting that the species is pretty much innocuous too. Thanks for sharing Raniero!
Divinginfo.mt will in the coming days have a new section called “Opinions”. The aim is to provide a platform for relevant opinion pieces by persons involved in diving around the Maltese Islands. The target is to have diverse opinions about several topics shared or reproduced from other media, about which using discus comments, you may Read More
Professor Alan Deidun in this interview on Malta Daily talks about ongoing research to find uses for Jellyfish
Last summer, Sharklab-Malta carried out a set of research dives at the Marine Protected Area of Filfla with the aim of researching the population of rays and other species in the zone, building up on past research. With the assistance of volunteer local divers, they scoured the sea around Filfla to take stock of the Read More
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From “The Malta Independent” Research on a Phoenician-era shipwreck off Xlendi in Gozo can help us better understand our past, Professor Timmy Gambin told The Malta Independent. “Our research is important because nobody has excavated at the depth that we have excavated. To a certain extent, we’ve unlocked at least some of the doors for Read More
Finally a weekend with some decent weather! A sigh of relief from divers who may have had felt the weekends to be long and boring if out of the water. This weekend’s glorious weather has seen some divers who don’t dive year round (they miss a lot – trust us!), also are getting back in Read More