Marine Biology

Delve into the fascinating world of Marine Biology. We bring you the latest discoveries, research, and news about the diverse life forms that inhabit our oceans.

From the tiniest microorganisms to the largest marine mammals, we explore the complex ecosystems and extraordinary creatures that make the underwater world a realm of endless wonder.

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Reggie the dolphin, showing the gashes on his flank (MMO)
Reggie the dolphin prompts interaction alert
A pair of orcas (Martin Lindner)
‘French-kissing’ wild orcas sighting a first
Bloody Henry seastar near Trevose Head, Cornwall (Matt Slater)
Cornwall gets into National Marine Week spirit
Seahorses are becoming a more familiar sight in England with better protection (Neil Garrick-Maidment / Seahorse Trust)
English seahorses show up mob-handed
The Great Barrier Reefs Lady Musgrave Experience Pontoon
Lady Musgrave Experience Empowers Guests With Reef Conservation Opportunities.
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Nano-particle gel could hold key to coral reef restoration
Bottlenose dolphins attack a common dolphin calf (Sarah Michelle Wyer)
Interspecies dolphin infanticide seen for first time
How do turtles learn where to find food? (Ken Lohmann / UNC Biology Department)
Turtle dancing – and what it means
Monitoring the sperm whale off Skye (BDMLR)
Disentangled, but sperm whale dies off Skye
Study co-author Maëlan Tomasek with one of his volunteers (MPI-AB)
Divers, wild fish know who you are!
Peacock mantis shrimp - the dactyl clubs are the dark green ovals (Steve Weinman)
Clubbed: How mantis shrimps absorb their own shockwaves
Adrián Simancas just after being released by the humpback (Dell Simancas)
Spat out: Why whales won’t swallow humans
Great white shark (Andrew Fox / Rodney Fox Expeditions)
DNA proves it: Orcas kill for white shark liver
Immaculate conception: Yoko the swell shark (Shreveport Aquarium)
Swell shark emerges in apparent virgin birth
The walking coral Cycloseris cyclolites (QUT)
Blue-light motivated: Meet the walking coral
Shortfin mako shark (Mark Conlin / SWFSC)
Egyptians race to react to fatal shark incident
New hope with another calf, J62 (Maya Sears)
Orca calf death consolation – but not for J35
Orca J35 with J61 (Maya Sears / NMFS / NOAA)
Bereaved killer whale surfaces with new calf
The humpback whale's distinctive tail (Ekaterina Kalashnikova)
Distance no object for mate-seeking humpback
Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Sea robin (Prionotus carolinus), a fish that ‘tastes’ with its legs (Anik Grearson)
Fish that taste with legs, heads and chins
Bathydevius caudactylus
Deep Deceiver: Weird nudi in the Midnight Zone
Under stressful conditions, this comb jellyfish can revert from adult to larva (Joan J Soto-Angel)
Turning back time: Jellyfish that age in reverse
||Liken to a pair of eyes are the large twin dorsal spots on a pair of Signal Goby (Signigobius biocellatus) also called a crab-eyed goby
DON’T BELIEVE THE EYES
Pink seafans spawning (Kaila Wheatley Kornblum / University of Exeter)
Pink seafans bred in UK for first time
Port Jackson shark (Mark Norman / Museums Victoria)
Sharks’ spiky meals could be salvation for kelp
Injecting seeds into the seabed with HMS OCToPUS (OCT)
HMS OCToPUS arms divers to sow seagrass fast
Spookfish is new deepwater chimaera species
One of the loggerhead turtles is released off the Azores (Royal Navy)
Navy releases 6 restored turtles in Azores
Grey reef shark (NOAA Picture Library)
Sharks quit hot coral reefs – bird poo offers only upside

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