Marine Life

A new study suggests that a pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has developed specialised techniques for hunting whale sharks.

Jenny Stock ranks the venomous creatures that lurk underwater, and details the treatment if you're unlucky enough to get stung.

Three ocean currents meet in the waters around Cornwall. Lewis Jeffries explores the vast diversity of marine life that thrives there as a result

Strong westerly winds drove Portuguese man o' war to the UK and Ireland last winter, making it the second-most sighted jellyfish-like species

There are some weird and scary-looking fish down there in the dark that you definitely don't want to bump into on a Halloween night dive...

It was given its name for its flashing light display, but Ctenoides ales, the disco clam, is more like a mirrorball than a dancefloor strobe

A new species of chimaera - aka ghost shark - the narrow-nosed spookfish, has been discovered by scientists in New Zealand

Laboratory-grown corals of SECORE's Coral Seeding programme proved resistant to bleaching during the 2023 Caribbean marine heatwave

Scientists from Norway's Nord University have found that there are three genetically distinct types of great white shark

The subject of many marine myths and sea serpent legends, the misnamed giant oarfish doesn't actually row itself anywhere.

A sobering global assessment reveals that half of all the worlds vital mangrove forest ecosystems are at risk of collapse.

Kiwa hirsuta - the Yeti crab - prefers it not too hot, and not too cold, but just right, down there in its hairy hydrothermal depths.

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition has organised a competition inviting ocean lovers to name a new-to-science species of deep-sea coral. 

A new study reveals that grey whales are rapidly shrinking and scientists fear this could have a significant impact on whale health.

A female squid first filmed in 2015 carrying 'giant' eggs has recently been determined to be an as yet undescribed species

A video has emerged showing a sperm whale entangled in rubbish swimming up to a group of divers and asking them for help.

Marrus orthocanna - a deeper, darker, colder relative of the Portuguese man o' war but with much less of a sting in its tail

MCS Hiraeth Yn Y Môr Project Assistant records footage of a curled octopus changing colour in rare footage shot on a Welsh beach