20 January 2021
The late Mike deGruy filmed iconic underwater footage that wowed audiences, drawing the admiration of David Attenborough and James Cameron. A fond documentary by his wife reveals the real man
7 September 2020
We understand so little about octopuses that whenever we look, we seem to find out more about them. Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher follows film-maker and naturalist Craig Foster's attempts to understand them further
16 October 2019
New book Ahab's Rolling Sea highlights our destructiveness as it teases fact from fiction in Moby-Dick, the obsessive hunt for a great white whale
12 December 2018
In the battle to save resources as vital as coral, researchers increasingly face a world where scholarly thought is blown away by the need for urgent action
15 August 2018
A festival created on a tiny island and now touring the coastline of Scotland shows how the small and local can punch well above their weight in cultural influence
10 August 2018
Dissected and preserved sea life specimens give visitors a thrilling, slightly shallow glimpse of a hidden world
