Marine Life

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

A new study sheds light on the ancient origins of bioluminescence, suggesting it evolved nearly 300 million years earlier than first thought

Clione limacina, also known as the naked sea butterfly, sounds like an angelic little creature - that feasts on its relatives...!

The Domincan Republic will be joining only a handful of other countries to have committed to conserving 30 per cent of its ocean water.

A new species of shark has been discovered off the coast of New Zealand, and four others moved to a new family

A new three-part docu-series is coming to Nat Geo LIVE this Earth Day - a fantastic glimpse into the lives and behaviours of octopuses

SECORE International‘s coral seeding programme is hailed a great success, with its reef restoration initiative present in nine Caribbean nations

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

Horseshoe crabs are living fossils threatened by a unique usefulness to human science (and they're not related to crabs)

Scientists are worried about a mystery illness killing critically endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys.

Marine Megafauna Foundation scientists' report the surprise discovery of the shape-shifting mimic octopus in Mozambique 

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