sea creatures

No Comment

Rehabilitated sea turtles return to Atlantic Ocean off Florida

After recovering from cold-stunning in New England, 19 sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Florida, with help from Turtles Fly Too.

28/03/2025

No Comment

Sea Lions' Spectacular Return Brings Joy to San Francisco's pier 39

San Francisco's iconic Fisherman's Wharf district is experiencing an unprecedented surge in sea lions, with over one thousand spotted at Pier 39, the highest number in 15 years.

03/05/2024

World News

Euroviews. The EU has to protect fragile marine life from destructive fishing

We are facing a critical moment to reinforce the EU’s ongoing leadership, legal obligation, and accountability toward safeguarding one of the most vulnerable and biologically diverse areas of the planet, Sian Owen writes.

13/10/2023

Nature

Portuguese man o’ war washes up on Welsh coast

Will marine heatwaves help these venomous sea creatures thrive in Europe?

06/10/2023

Earth News

Earth’s oceans are changing colour due to climate change

NASA satellites show more than half of the Earth's oceans are green due to climate change disturbing marine ecosystems.

13/07/2023

Moments

Watch New Zealand's real life mermaids bring the hit film to life

Watch these mesmerising real life mermaids in a ‘magical’ New Zealand marine reserve.

18/04/2023

Earth News

Record number of dead whales wash up on Cyprus shores

Seismic vibrations from the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria may be to blame.

13/02/2023

Nature

'Shouting' dolphins reveal the impact of human noise pollution

The study has implications for the impact of noise produced by wind farms, shipping and sonar on marine mammals.

16/01/2023

Climate

Why is Greenpeace dropping boulders into the English Channel?

Bottom trawling in marine protected areas is "like ploughing a combine harvester through a national park".

07/09/2022

Nature

The original mermaid: Dugongs are now ‘functionally extinct’ in China

It is the first time such a charismatic marine megafaunal species has disappeared from Chinese marine waters.

25/08/2022

Climate

Mediterranean marine life threatened by soaring sea temperatures

Rising temperatures in the Mediterranean Sea are attracting new species of fish, threatening local marine life.

26/07/2022

Health news

These sea worms could be the key to keeping transplant organs 'alive'

This French biotech company is looking to develop a product to give oxygen to organs and grafts to improve transplant success rates.

03/07/2022

Nature

Orca stranded in French river dies of natural causes

The 4 metre long killer whale has been lost on the river for 2 months now and was fatally ill.

30/05/2022

Nature

Why octopuses have feelings and crabs should not be ‘boiled alive’

The UK's new Animal Sentience Bill does not stop current cruel practices, but it could rule out factory farming in the future.

23/11/2021

Nature

Seagrass has more sex when otters are in the water

Scientists have revealed the unlikely sexual chemistry between eelgrass and sea otter populations off the Canadian coast.

18/10/2021

World

Scientists discover glow-in-the-dark sharks off New Zealand

They say that the findings had repercussions for our understanding of life in the deep sea; one of the least-studied ecosystems on the planet.

03/03/2021