Marine Life
Snailfish breaks world record for deepest fish
A new world record for the world’s deepest fish to be observed underwater has been set after a snailfish was…
Virtual Reality brings ‘Flight of the Mantas’ to life
The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) has announced that it has partnered with location-based virtual reality (VR) ‘edutainment’ company, Immotion, to…
New seahorse species discovered in Papua New Guinea
Our intrepid reporter finds the first biting seahorse A new variation of seahorse has been discovered on a night dive…
Planktonia, the nightly migration of the Ocean’s smallest creatures
In this extract from his book Planktonia, The Nightly Migration of the Ocean’s Smallest Creatures, Erich Hoyt introduces some of…
Whale shark reproductive ultrasound study published
A new study has been published detailing the successful blood-sampling and ultrasound scanning of wild, free-swimming Galápagos whale sharks in…
Orca adopts – or kidnaps – pilot whale calf
A study by researchers from the West Iceland Nature Research Centre (Náttúrustofa Vesturlands) has published the first documented case of…
Life Changing: Todd Thimios’ stunning Norway orca photography
Expedition guide and underwater photographer, Todd Thimios, fulfils his childhood dream of swimming with orcas, capturing his experience with stunning…
South African orcas kill 17 sharks in a single day
Port and Starboard, the orca pair that were first observed predating great white sharks in 2017, were recently found to…
UK turtle strandings on the rise this winter
The Marine Conservation Society has reported that there has been an unusually large number of turtle strandings reported this year…
Why Isla Guadalupe needs shark tourism
Youtube shark video expert Carlos Gauna – aka ‘TheMalibuArtist‘ – has produced a detailed video explaining why the closure of…
Increased protections for East African dugongs
The increasingly vulnerable East African dugong population has been reassessed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red…
New Shark Trust citizen science app
The Shark Trust has launched a new smartphone app that makes it easy for anybody to get involved with shark…
MMF confirms world-first international reef manta migration
New research by the Marine Megafauna Foundation has extended the southern range of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in…
The mutual benefits of ocean cleaning stations
The ocean’s cleaning stations are one of nature’s most remarkable examples of how evolution finds solutions to life’s challenges Nature…
Great Barrier Reef whale shark continuously tracked for 12 months
A whale shark has been continually tracked by satellite tag for 12 months in the far north of the Great…
Humpack whales spotted breaching off Cornwall
Humpback whales have been spotted breaching off the coast of Cornwall, bringing hope of a ‘bumper season’ of sightings for…
The Shark Trust’s Big Shark Pledge
The Shark Trust is launching an ambitious new campaign to help protect the world’s sharks. The ‘Big Shark Pledge’ aims…
Devil Ray Conservation Dive launched at Aliwal Shoal
A unique ‘Devil Ray Conservation Dive’ programme is to be launched this December at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of…
60 more shark species protected by CITES
All species of requiem sharks, all species of hammerhead sharks, and all guitarfish are to be protected after being listed…
Tiger sharks help map world’s largest seagrass ecosystem
The largest seagrass ecosystem in the world has been discovered and mapped in The Bahamas – thanks to the help…
World’s largest oceanic manta ray population in Ecuador, says MMF study
The world’s largest population of giant oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) has been formally identified off the coast of Ecuador,…
Compass jellyfish most sighted UK species of 2022
The Marine Conservation Society‘s (MCS) latest Wildlife Sightings report, compiled from jellyfish and marine turtle sightings data submitted by members…
Octopuses fire blasts of debris at sex pests
Researchers were baffled by a strange behaviour they kept witnessing in a group of Sydney common octopuses they were studying…
Rare megamouth sharks spotted off San Diego coast
Two rare megamouth sharks have been spotted together and filmed by fishermen off the coast of San Diego, California. David…
The American crocodiles of Banco Chinchorro
Terrifying. Majestic. Charismatic. Even Endearing… Alex Misiewicz meets the American crocodiles of Banco Chinchorro Xcalak (Esh-kallack) is a hot, five-hour…
How can we save sharks – and what doesn’t work
By David Shiffman, Arizona State University Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth.…
Manta ray nursery discovered in Raja Ampat
First study to confirm a nursery for globally vulnerable reef manta rays in isolated waters around Raja Ampat in Indonesia…
10 of the best places to dive with whale sharks
Coming face-to-face with a whale shark while scuba diving is one of the most awesome underwater encounters a diver can…
DIVE’s top ten favourite sharks
What’s your favourite shark? Which species would fill your top 10 bucket-list of must-see crtitters? Here’s our Top 10 favourite…
Reef manta relationships depend on individual behaviour
New research by a team of scientists from The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), Macquarie University, Université de Corse, The University…