UK

A huge aggregation of spider crabs is one of the most astonishing spectacles in UK waters - Lewis Jeffries investigates Cornwall's Red Army

The UK government is being taken to court for repeatedly setting catch limits for fishing that exceed scientific advice

The Marine Conservation Society's annual State of our Beaches report, highlights the urgent need to reduce single-use plastic

Scientists have been left surprised at the recent discovery of a totally new species of sea slug off the coast of southwest England.

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The UK Government has announced new measures to protect the UK's waters, including 13 new MPAs safeguarded against bottom trawling

The populations of grey seals, sharks and rays are on the increase off the Cumbrian coast, but so too are invasive Pacific oysters.

A 16.5m-long fin whale, the second largest species of animal in the world, has been found dead on Fistral Beach in Cornwall, UK

The search for a missing scapa flow diver was called off on the same day it began, with police now leading the investigation

Proving you don't need an expensive DSLR to take great photography, Tony Reed showcases the best of British diving with a TG model compact

Ghost Fishing UK is heading to Shetland to help the islands' fishing community clear the waters of huge, abandoned gill nets.

New analysis shows a bottom trawling ban in UK’s offshore protected areas could be worth more than three billion pounds to the UK economy

The healthy seagrass meadows of Scotland's Orkney Islands are some of the healthiest in the UK - a model for blue carbon conservation.

Defra has launched a public consultation in response to legal pressure from MCS UK to modify its sewage discharge plan

The Marine Conservation Society reports fewer than 10 per cent of the emergency overflows in England's sewer network are properly monitored.

Latest Marine Conservation Society Good Fish Guide update lists mackerel as no longer sustainable as a seafood choice

A review of Britain's Living Seas, Our Coastal Wildlife and How We Can Save It, by Hannah Rudd, Bloomsbury Wildlife

An MCS report finds sewage-related litter is washing up on beaches all around the UK, with hotspots for pollution in NE England and Scotland