Marine Science

Scientists from New Zealand's NIWA may have discovered 100 species new to science during an expedition to the nearby Bounty Trough,

The orca known as Starboard has been witnessed killing and surgically removing a great white's liver - by himself - in under two minutes

Scientists say there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, according to a detailed satellite mapping project

Using space technology, a team of researchers has developed a technique for monitoring reef biodiversity on a global scale.

Israeli scientists have discovered a giant, six-million-year-old canyon in the Levantine basin of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

The discovery of of a new species of mussel in a sunken forest off coast of Alabama has been announced by the Ocean Census Alliance

A mystery noise that has kept residents of Tampa, Florida, awake at night may be the sound of fish enjoying their evenings making baby fish

Sperm whales appear to make communal, democratic decisions - but take a long time discussing and disagreeing before they do

The first known example of fin regeneration in silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) has been documented by a scientist in Florida

Repurposed mobile shipping container COVID labs are being deployed to assist with ocean research across the globe

An encounter by divers with grey reef sharks in Seychelles might have just transformed the science of sharks as we know it.

OceanShot coral restoration founders join PADI's CEO to announce new projects during an underwater panel at the recent Global Citizen Forum

A warming planet is influencing the sex ratio of sea turtles, but could industrial pollution also be playing a part?

A new study finds that slow genetic mutation means sharks are less susceptible to cancer, but at increased danger from rapid ocean change

Scientists create detailed high-resolution maps of newly discovered deep coral reefs in the Galápagos marine reserve

MMF is offering scuba diving citizen scientists the chance to join an expedition to the Revillagigedo Archipelago in January 2024

Jellyfish don’t have a central brain as such but, as scientists have recently discovered, they can learn through association

Thousands of breeding Octopuses - an 'Octopus Garden' - have found in the deep sea near Monterey Bay, California

Previous assumptions about basking sharks may be proven incorrect as a new study finds they are almost certainly warm bloooded fish

A new NOC study reports 56 per cent of the ocean has changed colour as a result of changes in the distribution of plankton

Deep-sea mining could be a prime source of minerals for the green energy transition - or an environmental catastrophe - nobody's sure...

A potentially new species of octopus has been found during a 19-day expedition that discovered the third known octopus nursery in world

A Rutgers-led study brings hope to reverse oxygen loss in the Earth's seas due to climate change, spelling good news for planet's future

Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founders Andrea Marshall and Simon Pierce talk to DIVE about what 'sustainability' really means

An orca named ‘White Gladis’ may have been traumatised by injury, triggering behaviour that other orcas imitate, attacking and damaging boats

Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation announces 'Science Without Borders Challenge' youth art contest winners 2023

A new Marine Megafauna Foundation study finds that the elusive sicklefin devil ray (Mobula tarapacana) is present off the US Atlantic coast.

A new study details the ultrasound scanning and blood-sampling of Galápagos whale sharks to determine their reproductive status

The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced new funding for a fleet of underwater robots to investigate ocean carbon

Blue whales could be ingesting up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day, according to a study published in Nature Communications.