The divers also discovered patterns of underwater sea life behaviour and several new species. Today all that remains of Conshelf II is the garage for the submarine, some shark cages and a tool shed.

Jacques Cousteau emerged as perhaps the most influential 20th-century figure in deep-sea exploration and underwater filmmaking. In the 1940s, Cousteau’s co-invention of the Aqualung (SCUBA ...

Reports indicate that the submarine may have collided with another object before it submerged, prompting a full inquiry into the events leading up to the accident. The submarine was operated by ...