BBC reports that after decades of legal wrangling, the Colombian government has started exploring the wreck of the 18th-century Spanish galleon San José, dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.”
The South American nation has also declared a protected archaeological area around the galleon – which was sunk by the British Royal Navy in 1708 in the Caribbean Sea.
The ship, whose ownership remains contested, was carrying one of the largest hauls of valuables ever lost at sea when it was attacked just outside of the Colombian city of Cartagena. It is estimated to be laden with as much as £16bn ($20bn) in treasure.
The 
Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Kelpie Geosciences in the U.K. recently caught some amazing video footage of a terrifying deep-sea squid that flashed a pair of brilliant “headlights” at the moment it goes in for the kill. 
The trapped container ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after authorities set off charges at a 
An updated repost appropriate for Mother’s Day.
Tens of thousands of people welcomed 
On Saturday, May 4, the cruise ship 
Update: One of the world’s busiest shipping channels was closed to traffic in both directions after 
In the last week or so, over 1,000 sea lions have hauled out on San Francisco’s Pier 39, K-Dock, the largest assembly of the boisterous pinnipeds in roughly 15 years.
I have been away for the better part of a month on a transatlantic sail from Barbados to Malta on a five-masted square rigger. (
Yesterday, the 
An updated repost. Melville’s masterpiece,