Seals sometimes sit over dive holes, blocking a diver's exit from the water. "You can't get past a 300kg (47st) seal," laughs Norkko. "That's why we always have two holes." Edd Stockdale Human ...

Human divers, on the other hand, naturally take in a wider field of view and can adjust their explorations depending on what they deem most important to investigate. Plus, humans are less ...

A new study has revealed that wild fish can recognize and follow specific human divers, distinguishing between individuals based on visual cues such as colors on wetsuits and gear. The findings ...

A study from the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour (MPI-AB) in Germany shows that wild fish can distinguish between human divers based on external visual cues and even form differentiated ...

Wild fish can recognize individual human divers, reveals new research. They use visual differences between divers to recognize a person who rewards them, say scientists. Divers at a research ...

With more time, the authors say, fish might have learned to pay attention to subtler human features, like hair or hands, to distinguish divers. "We already observed them approaching our faces and ...