Marine Animals
“It’s a bit like sea turtle forensics." Scientists looked inside 24 turtles – and uncovered secrets from the past
Sea turtle shells are helping researchers learn more about major environmental changes in the ocean's past.
Biologists stuck a camera on a sea turtle – and it filmed this
TurtleCams are helping marine researchers learn more about the lives of sea turtles as they cruise through our seas.
'As we approached the overhang, we spotted it – a bizarre creature with a fleshy beard lurking in the shadows'
Wobbegong sharks are ambush predators, hiding in reefs waiting for their prey to swim close enough. But they're very hard to find, says Melissa Hobson, who was lucky enough to spot one on a recent dive in Indonesia.
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Researchers put a spy camera into the ocean. And this spiny creature took the bait
This predatory starfish can grow to 70cm in diameter and has white spines all over its body.
Drones film sperm whales headbutting each other. It's the first time the behaviour has been caught on camera
Marine scientists have filmed and scientifically described sperm whales headbutting each other for the first time – validating what mariners have said since the 19th century.
15 magical photos that show just how uniquely beautiful octopuses can be
Striking images that show different species of octopus in new light, capturing their full, tentacled majesty
“Its prey was still alive.” Photographer captures blue dragons feeding in unbelievable detail
A nature photographer in Gran Canaria captured hypnotic close-up footage of blue dragon nudibranchs feasting on prey.
Can whales and dolphins crossbreed?
Interbreeding between different cetacean species is extremely rare but has been known to happen
“As the great whites move in for the kill, the seals do something astonishing.”
Great white sharks may have reputation for being a ruthless apex predator, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be scared away
Scientists record world's longest underwater timelapse. What is reveals is astonishing
The 1,000-day underwater timelapse, recorded on an urban reef in Miami, shows corals bleaching before making a miraculous recovery.
Baited camera dropped to Pacific seabed. Then this happened
Scientists use weights to keep their camera equipment in place on the seabed – but this ocean dweller was strong enough to shift it.
Divers stumble upon pod of sleeping giants in Caribbean Sea
Researchers were on an expedition in Dominica when a pod of enormous sleeping sperm whales appeared in front of them.
It’s bigger than Hawaiʻi, over 350km long and home to the ‘unicorn of the sea’
Scoresbysund is the largest fjord system in the world – but it’s probably not where you might assume it to be
Angry octopus caught punching big fish in South Pacific Ocean
When scientists dropped a video camera to the seafloor off Rotuma in the South Pacific Ocean, they filmed an octopus lashing out at a grouper.
Researchers studied 184 bull sharks in Fiji – and discovered they might make friends
Scientists studying bull sharks in Fiji found that the animals may have more complex social lives than previously thought.
"I dived and latched onto her shell. My world span. We began to corkscrew, round and round. My chest burned and heaved"
Conservationist Elliot Conner gets rather more than he bargained for when he attempted to tag a turtle
Explosive power of great white shark revealed in staggering slow-motion video
These huge sharks can leap 3m out of the water – that's as high as a school bus!
It's as long as a basketball court, as tall as a giraffe and so huge it can be seen from space
Experts estimate that the massive mega coral – found near the Solomon Islands in the south-west Pacific Ocean – is about 300 years old.
"Can you imagine being chased by an apex predator?” Tourists watch incredible escape in Antarctica
Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.
This area of the North Atlantic ocean is infamous for shipwrecks and conspiracy theories. But does anything live there?
Does anything live in the Bermuda Triangle? Quite a lot actually, as Melissa Hobson explains
Divers saw this ocean giant approaching – and noticed it wasn’t alone...
Researchers have documented “an entire community” of animals travelling with whale sharks – the world’s biggest fish.
NASA officials sent over 2,000 baby jellyfish into space. Tens of thousands more came back to Earth
Scientists wanted to find out whether humans born in space still retained their sense of gravity. So they turned to baby jellyfish
It's as long as a baseball bat, weighs the same as a Labrador and is preyed on by one of the world's deadliest animals
Learn all about one of the least known sea turtl - the flatback turtles
"First-of-its-kind event." Whale shark swims "astounding" 1,200km from Madagascar to Seychelles
The gentle giant’s epic journey highlights the need for transboundary conservation strategies, say researchers.
