A portion of the Helheim Glacier in Greenland breaks off into the sea. The rare footage from June, captured by Reuters photographer Lukas Jackson.

Humpbacked whales can weigh up to 30 tonnes, with this whale creating quite a splash.

We're being warned not to throw contact lenses down the loo or sink. A study by Arizona State University says the plastic ends up in the oceans adding to the plastic waste affecting the environment

Greek diver Vasilis Mentogiannis was shocked when he found a very rare herd of seahorses on the Chalkidiki peninsula back in 2007. The animals were living in very unfavourable conditions. So this is what he did. But they were living under unfavourable conditions.

A heatwave in northern Europe means people are likely flocking to the coast to enjoy the warmer water. But what are the environmental costs of Europe's rising sea temperatures?

The whale was rescued off the coast of Queensland after it became entangled in shark nets.

An Italian research team has created the world's first underwater farm.

The Healthy Seas project is trying to protect fish from getting trapped in plastic nets

In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The EU draws the battle lines against plastics, announcing plans to ban single-use products, amid

Scientists have compiled evidence of plastic debris on the sea bed in the deepest and most remote parts of the world’s oceans.

We meet a surfing scientist and toxic algae hunters to see how Sentinel-3 satellite data is used to study the coastline of the English Channel in this month's episode of Space.

The new list ranks reptiles on a combination of how endangered and unusual they are.

The British yachtsman, John Fisher, is presumed lost at sea after falling overboard in the Southern Ocean during gale force winds.

A couple found the bottle with a rolled up note inside 132 years after it was thrown overboard a German ship.