Some media have reported shark numbers at 'plague proportions' in Australian waters. But a new analysis suggests the opposite: species such as hammerheads and white sharks have plummeted in number.
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A massive new discovery this summer of miles of corals in deep waters off South Carolina shows how much we have yet to learn about life on the ocean floor.
Mangrove forests grow in the tidal lagoons of tropical coastlines and they could actually benefit from climate change. Here's what that means for us.
Researching the most resilient corals could help us find ways to better protect reefs in the future.
Coral reefs are in crisis around the world, and may disappear entirely. 3D printing is a new idea to help them – but it won't be a cure all.
The return of white sharks to Cape Cod, Massachusetts was a tourism success story – until a shark killed a swimmer. Can the Cape's residents and visitors learn to share the ocean with these apex predators?
These 'snailfish' look too fragile to exist several miles below the waves.
If we know what makes species tick, we can start truly understanding life on the UK's coast.
Elusive and mysterious by nature, ordinary people are revealing the secrets of the UK's octopuses.
With superpowers other animals can only dream of, these crustaceans challenge sharks for the title of most amazing predator in the sea.
Tech fixes to environmental problems are guaranteed to grab attention, but real change for the planet requires community organising.
Sea turtles contend with a contagious disease that causes debilitating tumors. Genetic analysis is helping researchers figure out precision medicine-based treatments for the turtles.
New research shows just how different male and female sharks can be.
DNA sequencing is making it possible for scientists to identify thousands of species of zooplankton – drifting animals that are key links in ocean food webs.
We cannot spot every shark in the ocean. But we can detect their 'environmental DNA'.
Biologists are finding new evidence that these ocean invertebrate grazers don't just ingest whatever they catch. They can actually be picky eaters – and their choices might influence ocean food webs.
During sea turtle nesting season, scientists collect data and assess how turtles are doing. But they know less about how plastic pollution, fishing and warming oceans are affecting turtle numbers.
On the eve of the March for Science, a marine biologist explains why she's returning from abroad to speak out for science in the Trump era.
Sea snakes spend their lives in the water, giving birth to live young at sea, so why are they only found in some of the world's oceans? The answer lies in a combination of climate and geography.
Extreme weather led to starfish mass strandings along beaches in Kent and East Yorkshire.
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Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Marine Biology, University of Adelaide
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ARC Future Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in marine ecology, UNSW
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria
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Lecturer and Researcher in Behavioural ecology and Cephalopod Biology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island
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Associate professor in Marine Biology, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer in Marine Ecology & Head of Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Winthrop Professor, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Tropical Biology, James Cook University
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Associate Professor Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
