How you can help protect sharks – and what doesn’t work

Sharks are much more severely threatened by humans than vice versa. A marine biologist explains how people can help protect sharks and why some...

Washed-up giant squid stuns tourists on New Zealand beach

"For most people it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Incredible GoPro footage shows dolphin eating venomous sea snakes

Turns out dolphins enjoy the occasional sea snake.

Another giant squid found washed up on Cape Town beach

This is the second giant squid to wash up in Cape Town this year.

Downward Spiral

The nautilus’s lineage made it through all five of Earth’s previous mass extinctions. But can it survive the Anthropocene?

Watch: Cheeky manatee tries to steal boy’s surfboard

Surf's up.

WATCH: Bizarre tentacled creature filmed in Pacific Ocean could be a new species

“My mind is blown right now!”

8 marine sightings from 2022 that remind us how amazing our oceans are

To celebrate the remarkable species that inhabit our briny blue we've put together a collection of some of our favourite ocean sightings and marine...

Watch: Extremely rare deep-sea fish spotted off the California coast

"In more than three decades of deep-sea research and more than 27,600 hours of video, we’ve only seen this particular species four times!"

New species of crown jellyfish discovered in California

From the deep: A rare giant squid washes up alive in Japan

A giant squid washed up on the beach is rare – a live one is even rarer.

Shark swallows camera giving us a unique look inside its mouth

No cameras (or sharks) were harmed in the making of this clip.

Double dose of dumbo octopus cuteness filmed in central Pacific Ocean

Not one, but TWO dumbo octopuses.

WATCH: Squid's incredible colour-changing camouflage revealed for the first time

Sometimes scientific discoveries happen entirely by accident. 

Great white sharks occasionally hunt in pairs - new research sheds light on social behavior of these mysterious predators

Researchers have discovered that great white sharks are more social than previously thought.