Marine Animals
A tiny mollusc helped bring down the Spanish Armada. Here's how
Wood-eating shipworms played an important role in the huge losses suffered by the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Strange creature found inside jellyfish. Scientists say it's the "first time this behaviour is documented"
Jellyfish are known to consume almost anything – but we didn't know they ate this...
"Unreal" feeding frenzy caught on camera in Mexico
During Mexico’s sardine run, pelicans and sea lions go head-to-head gobbling down bait fish.
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Ghostly footage shows thousands of giant spider crabs crawling all over each other. It's the largest gathering of its kind on Earth
These big crabs aggregate every year in Australia’s Port Phillip Bay.
This curious creature has a fishing rod dangling out of its head. It doesn't just use it for hunting…
Researchers studied more than 100 species of anglerfish to learn more about the secrets of their legendary lures.
Scientists drop cameras 9,100m deep off coast of Japan. What they find baffles them
While exploring deep-sea trenches off Japan, researchers found a creature so weird they couldn’t identify it.
Why San Francisco Bay has suddenly become a death trap for gray whales
Climate change is pushing starving gray whales into California's San Francisco Bay, where they are often hit and killed by boats, according to a new study.
They're 2 metres long, 10,000 times heavier than the males and can even rip off the infamous Portuguese man o’war's tentacles and wield them as weapons
Crab wanders through Suez Canal into Mediterranean Sea. Now scientists are worried
The portunid crab is native to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, but now it’s being found in the Mediterranean. Here's why that could be a problem.
"It has five limbs covered in hundreds of hydraulic, rubbery feet and no head – or even a defined front, back, left or right" – what on Earth are echinoderms?
Stuart Blackman explains all you need to know about echinoderms and how they evolved
Researchers tracked 9 great hammerhead sharks off Florida and the Bahamas. Here's what they discovered
Scientists wanted to learn more about how the largest hammerhead species on the planet may cope as the climate changes.
"It has – proportionally – the longest penis in the animal kingdom. The human equivalent would be a man impregnating his neighbour via the letterbox."
Nick Baker reveals all you need to know about acorn barnacles
How on Earth do sea turtles find their way back to where they hatched?
Female turtles return to the beach where they originally hatched to lay their eggs, but how do they know where it is?
"It's highly territorial and if one of their 192 tentacles come into contact with neighbouring individuals they become extremely hostile"
Discover seven fascinating facts about the beadlet anemone in our expert guide by Buglife.
It’s made up of 1,000 miles of tunnels and was once thought to be the gateway to the underworld – but remains largely unexplored
In Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, hundreds of uncharted caves sprawl underneath the ground
Breathtaking footage shows diver's close encounter with the world's biggest octopus
The giant Pacific octopus is so enormous its arms could wrap around a small car.
“Effects range from internal bleeding to manipulating behaviour or liquifying a host.” These are the deadliest weapons in the animal kingdom
Powerful punches. Flesh-tearing teeth. Deadly talons. We explore the best (or is it the worst?) weapons in the natural world.
"It doesn’t have much to smile about with fewer than ten remaining." 10 of the world’s rarest whales and dolphins teetering on the brink of extinction
We take a look at the cetaceans on the brink of extinction
“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.
“They bore the marks of an attack, including rib fractures, internal haemorrhages and specific teeth marks.” 5 animals that kill excessively – seemingly just for fun
Some animals have been observed to kill prey but not eat it – which is known as surplus killing. Meet the creatures that take part in it
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.
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.
