sealife

99.8% of shark fins come from Indo-Pacific: conservation efforts in Atlantic Ocean are working

Diving with Oceanic Whitetips The glorious oceanic whitetip sharks spend a lot of time in shallow water, tend to swim slowly and are...

Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited islands in the world, is creating the fourth largest marine reserve on the planet.

Tumble drying in a washing machine releases microplastic fibres as "laundry lint" which damages the gills, liver and DNA of marine species,...

With their large brains dolphins have many factors in common with humans and great apes. Dolphins communicate primarily audibly. Whilst the sounds...

New research by Dr Camilla Whittington and her team at the University of Sydney has found male seahorses don't just carry the developing babies...

Not all humans are morning people. Neither, according to a new study, are all sperm whales - at least when it comes...

But hope lies in key conservation measures.Though many people find them intimidating, menacing or just plain scary, sharks...

Like other highly migratory sharks, tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) often cross international boundaries. Scientists now know exactly where they like to go...

The young fish like to seek out large animals like sharks, groupers and dugongs for protection, acting as pilot fish.