Marine Animals
How to help a beached, stranded whale or dolphin - and help save its life
A beached cetacean is a distressing sight, but there are ways you can help until the marine medics arrive, says British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)
It's as sleek as a torpedo, as long as a bus, and weighs the same as an elephant: The ocean creature that slices through water at a speedy 35 km/h
Our guide to the minke whale, the UK's most frequently spotted whale
It contains over half of Earth’s water and all of the continents could fit into its basin in one mega-puzzle
The world’s largest ocean is home to incredible wildlife and is crucial to the Earth’s climate system
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"Their lipid- and protein-laden bodies create unique, nutrient-rich ecosystems that may sustain creatures of the abyss for decades…"
Ever wondered what happens when a whale dies in the ocean? Joanna Bagniewska explains
"You can hear them talking to each other through your hull.” Sailor alone at sea for a week. Then this happens
One week into a 10,000-mile solo voyage across the Arctic Ocean, this sailor had a wildlife encounter to remember.
Researchers followed humpback whales to the seabed – and saw them hunting in a way never seen before
Scientists just saw – and filmed – humpbacks cooperatively hunting along the seafloor for the first time.
Scuba divers in Bali thought this huge shape was a whale shark. But it wasn't
In an extremely rare encounter, a great white shark joined a group of scuba divers in Indonesia.
At a staggering, gigantic 33 metres long it's not only the biggest animal in the world today, it is the largest animal to have ever lived...
Our guide to the world's largest ever creature, the blue whale
When a giant iceberg calved from the Antarctic Peninsula, it revealed a deep-sea world never seen by humans
With the help of a remotely operated vehicle, researchers went on an eight-day mission to explore the newly exposed seafloor, where they captured extraordinary footage of a host of deep-sea creatures, including a giant phantom jelly.
Divers saw a shark approaching – and were stunned when it did this
Extremely rare footage shows an oceanic whitetip shark breaching in the Maldives.
Why do captive killer whales have drooping dorsal fins?
Orca in captivity live very different lives from those in the wild, and this can affect their physical features
“It was pure chaos!” This diver stumbled across a huge lion's mane jellyfish in Australia
Underwater videographer shares incredible footage of the moment he discovers an enormous lion's mane jellyfish.
"While snorkelling a scientist was dragged underwater and drowned by one of these huge predators…" 8 deadliest animals in the Antarctic Ocean
If you somehow find yourself in the Antarctic Ocean, these are the animals you don't want to cross.
This solar-powered sea slug slurps its lunch like a smoothie then does a headstand. The footage is beyond belief
When these sea slugs feed on algae, they pinch their prey's ability to photosynthesise. Now, scientists have shared remarkably rare footage of them feeding.
These people went out on the reef at night – and found walking sharks in the shallows
Epaulette sharks are famous for using their fins like limbs to help them crawl around the seabed. Now, a new study reveals that coral reefs are important nursery grounds for these curious marine creatures.
"As it touches the seafloor, it kills whatever living thing it contacts by encasing it in a tomb of ice…" Discover the finger of death
Strange and deadly brinicles form polar waters because of the difference between air and sea temperatures
Enormous apex predator filmed 430m deep in Pacific Ocean
When deep-sea researchers visited the Marshall Islands, they captured rare footage of bluntnose sixgill sharks – a species that can grow over 5m long.
Researchers hid a camera off the coast of South Africa, then a "creepy creature" appeared and attacked this shark
Shark “finds out the hard way” why it shouldn’t mess with this bizarre ocean animal.
Tuna carcass placed at bottom of ocean. All was quiet, before this happened
Eerie deep-sea footage shows a host of strange animals appearing out of the darkness for an easy meal.
Gigantic jellyfish caught on camera in Patagonia. This ocean titan can grow longer than a tennis court
Lion’s mane jellyfish have huge, stinging tentacles perfectly designed to help them capture tiny prey.
If you've never seen a deep-sea 'galaxy', you NEED to watch this
This galaxy siphonophore is a stunning colonial organism that glows as red as burning embers.
Submersible stumbles upon prehistoric animal 365m deep in Pacific darkness
These striped critters have been on the planet long before the time of the dinosaurs.
Drone pilot spots humpback whale acting strangely. What happens next is breathtaking
Scientists in Australia believe they have captured the birth of a baby humpback on camera – only the fourth time this intimate moment has ever been filmed.
“It’s cloned itself to reach a whopping size of 77 square miles.” 6 biggest organisms on the planet including the Humongous Fungus
Whether it’s fungi, plants or animals, here are the biggest organisms found on Earth
