Marine Life

Damage caused by deep-seabed mining would be extensive and irreversible, says new report.

Seagrass meadows are carbon-absorbing, biodiversity hotspots - but they are under threat.

Supermarkets failing consumers and the oceans according to new report

Urgently needed protection granted to shark species on the brink of extinction.

The stress caused by ship noise means that crabs don’t have as much energy to devote to crucial camouflage.

Record numbers take part in citizen science to protect whales and dolphins off Scotland’s west coast.

Global campaign demands that waters beyond national jurisdictions are safeguarded for future generations.

The Ocean Conservation Trust is constructing a seagrass cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium.

'By bringing back the beaver, and allowing our rivers to freestyle through the landscape, we could revive these incredible ecosystems.'

It has been twelve years since the adoption of a European action plan to protect the eel: what's been achieved?

Pollution, potting and community action at Lyme Bay all demonstrate that we need to think synoptically about living systems.

The journey to extreme depths of the Mariana Trench encountered new species of sea creatures - as well as a plastic bag and sweet wrappers.

Dolphins are passing toxic PCBs to their young, study finds.

Seafloor predators and open-water feeding animals could benefit from climate change.

New exhibition explores life from the perspective of marine mammals.

Dolphins form social groups that share space, each using a particular area at different times of day, a new study has found.

New study is first to test for microplastics around remote islands in South Atlantic.

Humpback whales participate in a shared, constantly evolving song cycle.

A team of scientists has discovered that basking sharks can jump as fast and as high out of the water as their cousin, the famously powerful and predatory great white shark. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

The main impacts of climate change - changing weather patterns, melting glaciers, sea level rise - are well known. But its ability to reduce oxygen levels in the deep ocean is little reported...

An ecological thriller that explains why we must keep the ocean healthy if we are to save ourselves

Soft towels, fluffy fleeces and synthetic fabrics don’t cling. What’s not to like? Well, try skin irritation, increased flammability and environmental pollution, for starters. It seems the average bottle of fabric softener has a dark side.

Noise created by human marine activities is linked to stranding of marine mammals and is set to worsen with climate change.

Richard Ellis celebrates the beauty of one of nature’s most miraculous, and least appreciated creatures – the bluefin tuna.