Marine Life

The two-man crew of a French yacht had to be rescued after their boat was damaged by an orca in the Bay of Biscay

The Shark Trust has announced the winners of its 2025 Shark Photographer of the Year Competition to celebrate Shark Awareness Day

The hooded, lion or lion's mane nudibranch is a voracious hunter that secretes a powerful stink to keep predators at bay

The Manta Trust has launched a campaign to get mantas and mobulas upgraded to the highest level of protection at November's CITES conference

Basking sharks are gentle giants, but they're also very powerful fish - check out the Shark Trust's Code of Conduct for safe interactions

The movie Jaws sparked a global shift in humanity's perception of sharks, and not just great whites. Prof David Sims reviews its legacy.

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

Schmidt Ocean Institute's ROV, SuBastian, has captured the first ever footage of a colossal squid in ints natural habitat - and it's a baby!

Basking sharks are the second-largest species of shark, but unlike tabloid reports about 'monster fish', they're not terrifying at all.

Nudibranchs and sea slugs that are active during daylight hours are more brightly coloured and patterned than their nocturnal counterparts

They look like unremarkable polished stones but sailor's eyeballs are actually one of the most unique organisms on the planet

A new study finds that sea turtle populations around the world are on the rise, largely thanks to global campaigns for their protection

'Sluggish and lethargic', the torpedo ray wasn't named after the naval weapon but by Romans who used them for some interesting treatments.

Lewis Jefferies visits the UK's National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow as it continues to develop its successful stock-enhancement programme.

In his latest book Coral Triangle Cameos, Alan Powderhan focuses on the diminutive yet vital and often overlooked inhabitants of coral reefs

Syanptula lamperti is common to coral reef night dives in the Asia-Pacific region, crawling around on the sponge they voraciously devour

Scientists in Australia have witnessed whale shark mating behaviour at Ningaloo Reef, in what is believed to be the first…

Named for the sailors of Greek mythology, argonauts, also known as paper nautili, are a unique group of shelled octopuses (and can't sail)