A Pair of Elephant Seal Pups Wins the 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year — Colossal
From dramatic aquatic encounters to deep caves to fish and amphibians closely guarding their eggs, there’s an entire…
Finding Nemo, losing stripes: Baby clownfish shed bars to secure their social rank
Published on 22/02/2026 – 7:02 GMT+1 Dressing to look more grown-up is a teenage rite of passage –…
Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep
MELBOURNE — A shark cruising over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was unexpected.…
Startup Is Turning Ocean Pollution Into Profits
Ocean cleanup, in this case, looks less like a charity drive and more like a full-fledged manufacturing…
SoCal diver bons with affectionate white seal named ‘Waffles’
An affectionate white seal has captured hearts after becoming best buds with a Southern California diver. Rusty Hunter,…
Sharks aren’t ‘turning on us’. So what’s behind the recent spate of attacks?
Published on 03/02/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Shark bites dominated headlines earlier this year after four unprovoked attacks were…
Polar Bears are in Better Physical Shape than 25 Years Ago, Despite Sea Ice Losses
Arctic polar bear near Svalbard by Trine Lise Sviggum Helgerud via SWNS Polar bears are in better physical…
Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Detected on Europa for First Time
A new analysis of archival data from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on board NASA’s Galileo spacecraft…
Walking Sharks Rewrite The Rules Of Reproduction
Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), a shark made famous thanks to their ability to “walk.” Universal Images Group via…
Scotland protects more than a third of its seas. Why is trawling still allowed?
Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one…
New Model Suggests How Nutrients Could Penetrate Europa’s Ice Shell to Feed Its Hidden Ocean
A duo of geophysicists from Washington State University and Virginia Tech has uncovered a plausible pathway for nutrient…
Tectonic Plate Movements, Not Volcanoes, Drove Major Climate Shifts Over 540 Million Years
New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the…