Marine Life

The Red Sea's Brothers Islands have been closed to divers following a series of biting incidents by oceanic whitetip sharks

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

Douglas David Seifert experiences the phenomenal seasonal gathering of whale sharks around Isla Holbox in Mexico

A new species of sixgill shark has been identified by a team of scientists based at the Florida Institute of Technology.

The largest stranding of Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) since 2012 is occurring on beaches across southwest Britain.

US-based researchers Coral Reef CPR report that some Maldives regions have demonstrated remarkable resilience to elevated water temperatures

An Open Water dive student saw an extremely rare megamouth shark during a training dive in Komodo, Indonesia.

A fourth great white shark carcass has been found washed up near Gansbaai, South Africa, indicating continued predation by orcas

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

The discovery of three great white shark carcases in Gansbaai and Struisbaai, South Africa, suggests they were killed by orcas.

A rare megamouth shark has died a day after been sighted and filmed offshore from the Japanese town of Tateyama on the south coast of Honshu

A greater understanding of the mysterious plankton responsible for bioluminescence has helped scientists forecast plumes in the ocean

Franco Banfi's guide to diving with cephalopods - squid, octopus and cuttlefish; their natural history and where to find them

Ever since they were first discovered in 1969, pygmy seahorses have been one of the stars of the reef for underwater photographers.

300 million years ago, sharks dominated the oceans in an explosion of bizarre forms; the truth about Jurassic sharks is stranger than fiction