Browsing: marine

Queensland authorities are investigating the deaths of thousands of fish that washed up on a popular Gold Coast beach.The state environment department said dead baitfish had…

The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown.In…

While some humans find they have two left feet on the dancefloor, octopuses manage to coordinate eight highly flexible arms across a host of behaviours, from…

Much of the world favours protecting 30% of the world’s land and water for nature by 2030, according to new research that has found overwhelming public…

A bottlenose dolphin surprised a family on their morning swim in Dorset this month, appearing to playfully engage with them. However, the UK’s Marine Management Organisation…

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under AttackProposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and…

A decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic considered the largest ever documented in the wild, researchers have identified the microbial…

An unusually high number of jellyfish have arrived in the UK’s seas this summer, experts have said.Jellyfish blooms arrive for their yearly reproduction cycle by following…

As thousands of giant cuttlefish gather in South Australia’s Spencer Gulf, scientists are investigating emergency actions amid fears the state’s toxic algal bloom could be catastrophic…

Scientists are warning the wildlife impacts of a marine heatwave that has driven a catastrophic algal bloom off South Australia are likely to be equivalent to…