Marine Science

Common Seas is urging the UK Government has been to fund research into the human health impact of plastic pollution in blood

A new Marine Megafauna Foundation has confirmed the first international movement of reef manta rays in South Africa

A whale shark has been continually tracked around the Great Barrier Reef for 12 months by Biopixel scientists

The largest seagrass ecosystem in the world has been discovered mapped in The Bahamas - thanks to the help of the local tiger sharks

The world's largest population of giant oceanic manta rays has been identified off the coast of Ecuador, accoring to a newly published study

Nekton scientists announced the discovery of 'The Trapping Zone’, a distinct new deepwater ecosystem in the Maldives

The first systematic survey of the marine life of the Maldives from the surface down to 1,000m was launched on 4 September

First study to confirm a nursery for globally vulnerable reef manta rays in isolated waters around Raja Ampat in Indonesia

Australian Institute of Marine Science reports the highest levels of coral cover across the northern and central Great Barrier Reef since 1985

New research from Marine Megafauna Foundation and The Manta Trust reveals new details about how their movement affects their social bonds

A Marine Megafauna Foundation study finds the diving behaviour of black and striped marlin allows both species to successfully coexist.

Today marks the 17th annual Endangered Species Day, during which people commit to l taking action to save the oceans# many endangered species

A new study finds that the waters of Komodo National Park may be home to some of the largest aggregations of manta rays in the world.

Marine Megafauna Foundation and its partners have created the world's first accurate 3D model of a manta ray.

Marine Megafauna Foundation scientists encountered one of the world’s rarest elasmobranchs—the ornate eagle ray—twice within a single week

A new study by researchers from Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF highlights the need for long-term monitoring of whale shark populations.

Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell asks Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founder, Dr Simon Pierce, what we still need to find out about this elusive species

Big being beautiful is certainly the case with whale sharks. Here is why they grow to such a size and what benefits being the biggest provides

The results of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation's 10-year-long survey reveals the extent of the global coral reef crisis

Scientists have been mapping coral reefs on a global scale for ten years to generate models of reef ecosystem health

Scientist believe they have found the earliest recorded example of a human shark attack fatality, dating back more than 3,000 years in Japan

New research indicates that manta rays move their cephalic lobes in 'specific and interesting ways' during social interactions

A study covering years of recorded sightings has found that whale sharks have an extraordinary ability to heal after being seriously injured.

The largest bioluminescent vertebrate known to science has been discovered off the coast of New Zealand - and it's a glow-in-the-dark shark!

Manta rays form social relationships and actively choose their social partners, a new Marine Megafauna Foundation study has revealed

Scientists have successfully taken ultrasound scans and blood samples from wild, free-swimming Galápagos whale sharks

A comprehensive study of the DNA of the rays that – up until last week – were known as mantas…