27 January 2021
Numbers of oceanic sharks and rays have declined at an “alarming” 71 per cent over almost half a century, leading to an unprecedented increase in their risk of extinction
1 September 2020
A New Scientist investigation has found that some of the world's richest people are funding geoengineering plans that would transform the world's oceans to combat climate change
28 March 2019
53 non-native organisms have been spotted in the protected marine environment of the Galapagos. Ships may be to blame – and worse species could be on their way
8 June 2018
Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines
21 May 2018
The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold
18 April 2018
The reef has been so severely damaged by record ocean heat that it has had no chance to recover fully - and may never be the same again.
18 April 2018
Writing obituaries for the world’s greatest coral reef is attention-grabbing but scientifically wrong and ethically irresponsible
3 April 2018
Bowhead whales are such talented singers they can make two sounds simultaneously, and they invent new songs every year
23 March 2018
An assessment of Earth’s biodiversity predicts catastrophic losses within decades, with severe knock-on effects for human civilisation like shortages of food
22 March 2018
Giant devil rays have been filmed courting for the first time, and it turns out the males do not even wait for the females to give birth
