Marine Animals
Dolphin vs porpoise: what’s the difference?
From spade-shaped teeth to silent blowholes, here's how tell these two marine mammals apart.
Formidable power of great white shark captured in one staggering photo
This single image captures the incredible hunting abilities of one of the ocean's greatest predators.
Something enormous had been hiding beneath the Atlantic Ocean – leaving scientists surprised and amazed when they saw it
Researchers the discover the underwater equivalent of a bridge between Scotland and Iceland
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Have humpback whales been witnessed trying to send messages to humans? What could they be trying to tell us?
Could humpback whales be trying to communicate with us?
It's the size of a small car, weighs the same as an e-bike – and can live for an astounding 100 years...
The biggest crab in the world has a leg span of nearly 4 metres and weighs 13.6kg
The tropical paradise you’re not allowed to live in – and the deadly, lethal secret its turquoise waters hide
With its pristine beaches and turquoise waters, Bikini Atoll looks like a tropical paradise. But beneath its picture-perfect surface lies a chilling history
When this WWII seaplane was discovered by a fisherman in 1994, an array of dazzling animals were found hiding in the wreck
The Jake seaplane rests in shallow water off the coast of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. How it got there is a mystery
How does sound really affect whales and dolphins?
The underwater world is noisier than it has ever been and it's affecting whales and dolphins...
“A bubble of flatulence signals the main course.” These fish follow dugongs for a truly disgusting reason
When a dugong goes for a nap, it’s dinner time for the remora fish.
81 years ago, a cargo ship struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Then something staggering happened…
Over time, the wrecked ship began to corrode and crumble – attracting some extraordinary creatures.
In 1938, Hitler organised a secret expedition to Antarctica – to search for whales
The Third German Antarctic Expedition aimed to monopolise whale hunting in the polar region
Scientists lowered a baited camera 1,054m into the Caribbean Sea, then this appeared out of the darkness
In 2024, researchers captured footage of numerous roughskin dogfish in the central Caribbean Sea – the first time the deep-sea species has been recorded there.
Deep-sea robot discovers mysterious golden orb 3,200m deep in the ocean – and scientists were stunned by what it really was
Here's why NOAA were so baffled by their discovery
"It was the length of 4 Ford Focus estate cars parked bumper to bumper and a ferocious super-predator able to seize substantial prey in its powerful jaws"
Megaladon was three times the length of a great white and ruled the ocean for millions of years. Here's what you need to know about this phenomenal fish.
Crocodile fish ARE real – and they can create a deadly vortex that sucks prey right into their gaping mouths
The scary-sounding crocodile fish is actually shy and “will likely bolt upon seeing a human,” researchers say
Experts hid cameras in Australia’s Shark Bay. They captured “one of the most sophisticated examples of trap setting” in animals
Researchers didn’t entirely know why bottlenose dolphins carry sea sponges on their noses – until now
"Invisible armour and giant eyes…" It can grow to the size of a human hand, swims through the ocean unseen and lives at depths of around 1,500 metres
Open water animals in the deep sea are dangerously exposed to predators but this one swims through the ocean totally unseen thanks to some special attributes.
The seals that shouldn't exist: How did 100,000 end up trapped in the middle of Siberia, a whopping 2,000 miles from the ocean?
How on Earth did the Baikal seal reach a lake in the middle of Russia?
Night diver films ambush predator slithering over the seafloor in Indonesia
Footage captured near Komodo Island shows a marine file snake swimming slowly through the darkness.
At 2 metres long this is one heck of a tooth – and weirdly it's also the creature's only tooth
What is the narwhal's tusk? How long can it grow? What's it used for? Read on to find out the answers.
This diver was exploring a remote seabed off Western Australia when he stumbled upon a “harrowing yet strangely beautiful” site
The underwater photographer found an enormous skeleton – and thinks he knows how the animal died.
Night diver has "shock of lifetime" as enormous creature swims out of darkness in Australia
While trying to capture a male weedy seadragon protecting his eggs, this photographer was surprised when an huge animal appeared behind it.
Heaviest jellyfish on Earth filmed on night dive in Pacific Ocean
The lion's mane jellyfish has an estimated maximum weight of more than 1,000kg. This videographer found one on a night dive off the west coast of North America.
"They brought this thing down to a loading dock and hoisted it up with a forklift”
Despite being the world's second largest fish, basking sharks are highly elusive, so scientists need to be creative when trying to learn more about them.
