Marine Animals
These students dropped a baited camera into the Atlantic Ocean. "All went quiet…" then this showed up
The students were blown away by the marine life on their field trip in the Azores, a remote archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean.
'Walking sharks' found off Australian coast. A closer look reveals extraordinary new discovery
The find suggests that epaulette sharks, known for their unusual ability to 'walk' along the seafloor, could be more resilient to environmental threats than we thought.
Spy camera dropped into sea off Washington coast and left there for more than 100 days. This is why
Researchers placed the camera next to a tidal turbine to see how animals interact with the equipment in the water.
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"Its mouth is the size of a garage" – Just why do bowhead whales have such large heads?
Wildlife expert Stuart Blackman explains why bowhead whales have such large heads...
It looks like a pig – but this is no ordinary pig. It lives 3 miles down in the ocean, crawling along the sea floor using weird, inflatable legs
This strange pink animal roams the deep ocean, feeding on decay and moving with hydraulic “feet.
5 animals that can turn themselves inside out - from reversible anuses to exploding intestines
When it comes to these animals, the natural world proves that internal body parts shouldn't always stay that way...
There's a weird fish in Washington with a huge hole in its head. Scientists think they've figured out why
Researchers studying rockhead poachers from Deadman Bay think they may have solved the mystery of the fish's odd bowl-shaped head.
It might look like a clam, but don’t be fooled – this is no clam. It walks on two legs and tucks its home under its arms wherever it goes
This bizarre sea creature blurs the line between animal and object, strutting across the ocean floor while hiding in plain sight.
Researchers strapped cameras to penguins in Antarctica and followed them into the deep. What they filmed is incredible
Scientists put tiny cameras on penguins’ backs in efforts to gather evidence to support new marine protected areas in Antarctica.
It chewed off its entire body, from the neck down... You might think fully-functioning, disembodied heads are the stuff of nightmares – but think again...
Video shows a seaslug chewing off its entire body at the neck
It has three hearts, changes colour as fast as you can blink and fools rivals into thinking it’s female – meet this clever marine creature
Learn all about the amazing colour-changing cuttlefish
It can weigh the same as 9 elephants, is nearly as long as a tennis court and is the planet's largest 'active' hunter
Discover all you need to know about sperm whales, from where they live to the sounds they make to communicate
This animal eats plastic and poops it out at the bottom of the sea – and scientists just recorded it
In a scientific first, researchers have recorded how quickly microplastics pass through the gut of zooplankton to better understand marine plastic pollution.
“It seems so cruel.” Steve Backshall’s disturbing killer whale encounter on a beach in Patagonia
TV presenter and wildlife filmmaker Steve Backshall recounts a pod of orcas engaging in ‘surplus killing’
In the dead of the night, this diver saw a bizarre thing scuttling out of the darkness
During a night dive in Bali, an underwater photographer happened upon a fascinating example of symbiosis between a carrier crab and an upside-down jellyfish.
It's sleek, black, incredibly beautiful and very fast – and is known as the 'cheetah of the deep sea' despite weighing over a tonne
Learn all about the unmistakable pilot whale, from their diet and size to life in the pod and why, sadly, they're prone to beaching
When scientists went to a group of remote South Pacific islands, they weren’t expecting to find so many of these giants
A new study has revealed that giant clams are thriving in American Sāmoa thanks to protections from traditional community management.
Researchers extract DNA from 25 Killer whales off the coast of Japan – and make "crucial" new discovery
New research reveals that orcas around the island of Hokkaido can be split into two distinct forms, offering conservationists important information that can help protect the animals.
Can any animals kill sperm whales?
Discover the animals take on the mighty sperm whale?
11 jaw-dropping killer whale moments captured in photos and film that reveal the brutal hunting techniques of the ocean’s top predator
Discover the unstoppable force and awe-inspiring dominance of the ocean’s ultimate hunter.
It can be up to 5 feet long and hold its breath underwater for an hour – meet one of the ocean’s strangest survivors
Described as “imps of darkness” by naturalist Charles Darwin, marine iguanas are a unique species. Our expert guide by the Galapagos Conservation Trust reveals more about these amazing reptiles.
It's 7 metres long, can weigh almost a tonne and can live for 400 years or more – meaning some around today were born in 1625...
The mystery of the lifespan of Greenland sharks has finally been unveiled thanks to new research.
Sharks are attacking albatrosses in Hawai'i. And it's causing other apex predators to flee
Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it's changing the way other shark species behave.
“That’s unbelievable.” Scientists strapped a camera to a turtle. What it filmed shocked them all
The BBC TV series Animals with Cameras aimed to capture unprecedented behaviour – and succeeded