‘It devours everything’: the crab that hitched a ride to Spain
Only the octopus is a match for the deadly pincers of a creature that has found its way from the US to the Ebro Delta
Species by the dozen moved north during marine heatwaves
Dozens of species of sea slugs, jellyfish and other marine life from toastier southern waters migrated into the Northern California region over an unusually long two-year period of severe heatwaves, says a new scientific report.
Is the fight against ocean plastic distracting us from bigger, deadlier problems?
The ocean is heating up, acidifying, and rising. Should we spend our energy on that and not straws–or does any attention on the ocean help spread awareness?
Great Barrier Reef: One million tonnes of sludge to be dumped
Australia plans to dump one million tonnes of sludge in the Great Barrier Reef.
Totally cool turtles may help save species
A trial of ways to cool turtle nests is underway in Queensland’s Far North as global warming threatens turtle populations throughout the tropics.
Six new species of hideously adorable tentacle-nosed catfish discovered in Amazon
No one knows just how many species live in the Amazon rainforest—scientists estimate that it’s home to one-third of the world’s animal and plant species. There are still thousands out there waiting to be discovered—like these six new catfish with faces covered in tentacles.
Scientists investigate the uncontrolled expansion of invasive blue crabs in the Mediterranean
The American blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is an invasive voracious alien species, with no known predators and with high reproductive and survival rates, which has now spread throughout the Mediterranean.
Biologists discover deep-sea fish living where there is virtually no oxygen
Cusk eels such as this one seem to prefer seafloor areas where oxygen concentrations are extremely low.
Who’s tougher? Baby sharks or daddy sharks?
Sharks can bend, swim, and maneuver in the ocean much differently than their bony fish counterparts.
Some sharks have declined by 92% in the past half-century off Queensland’s coast
There has been a striking decline in the number of large sharks caught off Queensland’s coast over the past 50 years, suggesting that populations have declined dramatically.