Marine Science

Scientists warn that a new outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef could be devastating if not dealt with rapidly

The body of a diver who went missing during an ice dive in Antarctica has been recovered following a week-long search operation

Scientists discover a huge centuries-old black coral off Fiordland, New Zealand, believed to be among the largest ever recorded in the region

The AUAS NOGI Awards recognises divers whose careers have had a significant and lasting impact on the underwater world

Scientists have identified 20 potential new species after retrieving deep reef monitoring devices from Guam’s twilight zone reefs

Musician and composer Steve Pretty talks to Natural History Museum curator Richard Sabin about the science of underwater sound

Thirty new deep-sea species, including a predatory ‘death-ball’ sponge, have been found by the Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Census

Pygmy blue whales, Turks & Caicos Aggressor, underwater sound, 50 years of Jaws, Aqaba military museum, Big Shot winners

Scientists have found that sythesising the scent of a crown-of-thorns starfish may round them up for removal during reef-destroying outbreaks

RRFB has successfully bred critically endangered pillar corals to combat its reduction through stony coral tissue loss disease and bleaching

The Manta Caribbean Project is doing vital work to protect manta rays off the coast of Mexico – DIVE talks to its charismatic founder.

Scientists have documented the first case of xanthism in a brighty-coloured nurse shark found off the coast of Costa Rica

An interview with physicist, oceanographer and author Helen Czerski about Blue Machine, her award-winning book about the physics of the oceans

Scientists formally describe a third species of manta ray, sixteen years after MMF's Dr Andrea Marshall predicted its existence

A species of stony coral thought to be extinct has been spotted in the Galápagos Islands for the first time in 24 years.

A new paper documents an extraordinary encounter as tiger sharks and oceanic whitetips are seen peacefully feeding together off Hawai'i

Ocean Census partners with JAMSTEC to explore the deep-sea habitats and volcanic trenches off Japan's southern coast

Previously unknown coral gardens, hydrothermal vents and new species have been discovered during an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands