Marine Animals

Barrel jellyfish. © Dan Abbott

New jellyfish citizen science project launches

Native oyster cluster. © David Smyth

8 facts about flat oysters

American pocket shark

Scientists discover new shark species that glows in the dark

Bleached and dead coral reef. © ZSL

Two-thirds of coral killed from severe heatwaves

Native oyster. © ZSL

Conserving native oysters in the Thames Estuary

Olea hensoni. © Florida Museum, photo taken by Gustav Paulay

Sea slug species named after The Muppets creator

Bottlenose dolphin. © Craig Jones/EyeEm/Getty

Quiz Fins and flippers

Green turtles. © Helen Ahpornsiri

Beneath the Waves, beautiful artwork from hand-pressed plants

Orcas. © Steve Truluck

Orca Watch 2019 sees a high diversity of cetaceans

Image of a sea serpent seen off Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1817

Sea serpent sightings influenced by marine fossils

Harbour porpoise, Scotland. (c) Richard Shucksmith/Scotland: The Big Picture

Thousands of porpoises dying in the UK each year

Seahorse at Chesil. © Craig Pinder

Seahorses have been stranding on Dorset beaches

Jellyfish and litter. © Blacklenz/Getty

Rise of ocean plastic revealed via 60 years of data

Giant Manta ray at a cleaning station in the Pacific. © Luis Javier Sandoval/VW Pics/UIG/Getty.

12 amazing facts about manta rays you might not know