As a former editor at Scuba Diving magazine, I've traveled to many islands. These are my absolute favorites for outdoor recreation.

Shedd Aquarium is a recognized leader in animal care, education, conservation and science that sparks compassion, curiosity ...

Roughly 71% of our planet is covered by water, and 97% of that is an ocean wrapped around land masses that rise from the sea ...

The Lynches Thanksgiving vacation is filled with birding adventures, coastal drives, and visits to iconic spots like the ...

Bruce Robison, a marine biologist, has long used robotic vehicles to explore the Monterey Canyon off California — a ...

The new entrance exhibit in place of the former Caribbean Reef is part an ongoing renovation leading up to the aquarium’s ...

Sea otters in California are helping to protect kelp forests from an invasion of purple sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz visits the Monterey Bay Aquarium to talk to research scientists and to ...

With California's spectacular kelp forests being decimated by invasive sea urchins, scientists are using sea otters to help eliminate the sea urchins. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz goes below the ...

This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. The Sherbrooke Forest is in the Dandenong Ranges, not very far from ...