France and Mexico are to launch a joint observatory to unite scientific work on the environmental impact from humans and climate change on Mexico's coastlines, officials said here Tuesday. The Jacques Cousteau observatory, named after the French explorer, will include bases in La Paz, on Mexico's northwestern Baja California peninsula, and in Merida in the Yucatan in southeast ...

A crew of adventurers will take to the high seas on a decade-long mission inspired by explorer Jacques Cousteau to examine the world's most important underwater treasures. Swiss-based marine conservation group the Antinea Foundation, behind the project, will connect their old-fashioned adventure to a modern audience via the Internet in a bid to boost interest in the seas. The ...

AYE, CALYPSO, the places you’ve been to, the things you’ve shown us, the stories you tell.” So goes John Denver’s 1975 hit song, Calypso, which honors the ship that enabled Jacques Cousteau to film the depths of waters like the Amazon River and the Red Sea. Our boat would still be exploring them if not for a ...