Existence of second Arapaima species established in rare monograph

First record of dicephalia in a bull shark foetus from the Gulf of Mexico, U.S.A.

New fossil named Pauline avibella

According to University of Florida researchers there are three times as many marine species which remain undescribed, than are known today.

Big fish that have grown up in marine reserves don’t seem to know enough to avoid fishers armed with spear guns waiting outside the reserve.

The Northern Mozambique Channel could be home to as many as 450 different species of coral.

Not all white sharks are alike – at least when it comes to the sort of food they like to eat.

The formidable Eastern Pacific Barrier virtually divides the vast ocean in two different biological zones.

Life in the world’s oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world’s leading marine scientists has warned.

Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals.